Genocide : the basics

Bartrop, Paul R. (Paul Robert) 1955- (Author).

Summary: This concise and comprehensive book explores key questions such as; how successful have efforts been in the prevention of genocide? How prevalent has genocide been throughout history? And how has the concept been defined? Real world case studies address significant issues including: The killing of indigenous peoples by colonial powers, The Holocaust and the question of "uniqueness", peacekeeping efforts in the 1990s, and legal attempts to create a genocide-free world.

Record details

ISBN: 9780415817257 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
192 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: London, UK : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-182) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- Introduction: defining genocide -- Colonial genocides -- The Christians of the Ottoman empire -- The holocaust -- Genocide, Asia, and the cold war -- Genocide in the 1990s -- South Sudan and Darfur : genocide again -- Other cases : problems of classification -- The dilemmas of prevention and intervention -- International justice -- The future -- Glossary -- References -- Index.