Paul Bartrop (USA Florida Gulf Coast University)

Genocide: The Basics

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What exactly constitutes â genocideâ ? How prevalent have instances of genocide been throughout history? How successful have efforts to prevent genocide been? These, and other questions, are addressed in Genocide: The Basics, a concise introduction to the study of the phenomenon of genocide.

Produktdetails

• The Basics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: Y146116
• 1st ed.
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 228g
• ISBN-13: 9780415817257
• ISBN-10: 0415817250
• Artikelnr.: 40743649

Autorenporträt

Dr Paul R. Bartrop is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Genocide Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Defining Genocide 2. Colonial Genocides 3. The Christians of the Ottoman Empire 4. The Holocaust 5. Genocide, Asia, and the Cold War 6. Genocide in the 1990s 7. South Sudan and Darfur: Genocide Again 8. Other Cases: Problems of Classification 9. The Dilemmas of Prevention and Intervention 10. International Justice 11. The Future Glossary References Index

Rezensionen

Paul Bartrop is to be congratulated on producing an excellent introduction to the study of genocide for the ever growing number of readers who are studying the topic. This volume is an excellent guide to genocide within history as well as to its contemporary legal and political controversies, and those teaching and taking courses on genocide will find it to be an invaluable resource.

Patrick Hayden, Professor of International Relations, University of St Andrews.