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This volume focuses on the impact of the Armenian Genocide on different academic disciplines at the crossroads of the centennial commemorations of the Genocide. Its interdisciplinary nature offers the opportunity to analyze the Genocide from different angles using the lens of several fields of study. -- Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-358) and index. xxi, 369 pages : illustrations ; ...

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271 p. : ill.

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In a study that compares the major attempts at genocide in world history, Melson creates a sophisticated framework that links genocide to revolution and war. He focuses on the plight of Jews after the fall of Imperial Germany and of Armenians during the fall of the Ottoman Empire as well as attempted genocides in the Soviet Union and Cambodia. He argues that genocide often is the end result of a complex ...

Includes bibliographical references and index. ix, 382 pages ; 26 cm.

Genocide: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the study of a controversial and widely debated topic. 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 ...

Introduction: Non-state aspects of genocide / Henry C. Theriault and Hazel Cameron ; The Islamic State's Êzîdî genocide in Iraq: the Sinjār operations / Fazil Moradi and Kjell Anderson ; Why was Benghazi 'saved' but Sinjar allowed to be lost? New failures of genocide prevention, 2007-2015 / Hannibal Travis ; What could not be written: a study of the oral transmission of Sayfo genocide memory among ...

Met index. XV, 640 p. : illustrations ; 24 cm

This document contains observations and comments by the World Jewish Congress on the United Nations' Draft Convention on Genocide