A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide - Portraits of Evil and Good

This book documents the devastating effects of genocide in the world''s most destructive human environments since the end of World War II and explores why such events still occur. A Biographical Encyclopedia of Contemporary Genocide: Portraits of Evil and Good is a unique study of humanity''s most reprehensible actions. It documents genocides that have occurred after World War II-a period that was supposed to be the fulfillment of the promise "never again"-by providing biographies rather than extensive historical narratives.The entries describe the personal backgrounds; careers; and relationship to genocidal events, humanitarian actions, or international initiatives relevant to each person in the book. Beyond examining the genocidaires who played key roles in mass murder, individuals who contributed to efforts to stop genocide are also profiled. By adopting a biographical approach to post-World War II genocide, the author sheds light on why people behave the way they do toward their fellow human beings and provides vital insights into the extremes of human positivity and negativity that have characterized this period of history. Serving as a vital tool for scholars and students of genocide as well as compelling reading for general audiences, the book highlights individual human behaviors, motivations, backgrounds, and intentions that can form a platform from which to raise and discuss issues of morality and ethics in the modern world.>

List of contents

Preface
Introduction
Thematic Listing by Topics
ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES
Abdic, Fikret (b. 1939)
Ahtisaari, Martti (b. 1937)
Akashi, Yasushi (b. 1931)
Akayesu, Jean-Paul (b. 1953)
Al-Bashir, Omar Hassan Ahmad (b. 1944)
Al-Majid, Ali Hassan ("Chemical Ali") (1941-2010)
Albright, Madeleine (b. 1937)
Amanpour, Christiane (b. 1958)
Amin, Idi (ca. 1925-2003)
Annan, Kofi (b. 1938)
Anyidoho, Henry Kwami (b. 1940)
Arbour, Louise (b. 1947)
Ashdown, Paddy (b. 1941)
Babic, Milan (1956-2006)
Bagosora, Théoneste (b. 1941)
Barayagwiza, Jean Bosco (1950-2010)
Beardsley, Brent (b. 1954)
Belo, Carlos (b. 1948)
Benenson, Peter (1921-2005)
Bicamumpaka, Jérôme (b. 1957)
Bikindi, Simon (b. 1954)
Bizimungu, Augustin (b. 1952)
Blaskic, Tihomir (b. 1960)
Boban, Mate (1940-1997)
Booh-Booh, Jacques-Roger (b. 1938)
Boutros-Ghali, Boutros (b. 1922)
Bushnell, Prudence (b. 1946)
Cheadle, Don (b. 1964)
Clark, Wesley K. (b. 1944)
Clooney, George (b. 1961)
Cosgrove, Peter (b. 1947)
Cuny, Frederick C. (1944-1995?)
Curic, Vjekoslav (1957-1998)
Dallaire, Roméo (b. 1946)
D'Aubuisson, Roberto (1944-1992)
Del Ponte, Carla (b. 1947)
Des Forges, Alison (1942-2009)
Diagne, Mbaye (d. 1994)
Dith Pran (1942-2008)
East, Roger (1924-1975)
Egeland, Jan (b. 1957)
Erdemovic, Drazen (b. 1971)
Evans, Gareth (b. 1944)
Fanfani, Maria Pia (b. 1922)
Farrow, Mia (b. 1945)
Fassera, Rachele (b. 1946)
Filipovic, Zlata (b. 1980)
Finci, Jakob (b. 1943)
Gaillard, Philippe (b. 1956)
Galbraith, Peter (b. 1950)
Garang, John (1945-2005)
Goldstone, Richard (b. 1938)
Gotovina, Ante (b. 1955)
Gowon, Yakubu (b. 1934)
Gusmão, José Alexandre ("Xanana") (b. 1946)
Guterres, Eurico (b. 1974)
Gutman, Roy (b. 1944)
Habré, Hissène (b. 1942)
Habyarimana, Juvénal (1937-1994)
Hadzic, Goran (b. 1958)
Heng Samrin (b. 1934)
Hilal, Musa (b. 1961)
Holbrooke, Richard (1941-2010)
Hou Yuon (1930-1975?)
Hu Nim (1930-1977)
Hurd, Douglas (b. 1930)
Hussein, Saddam (1937-2006)
Ieng Sary (b. 1924)
Ieng Thirith (b. 1932)
Izetbegovic, Alija (1925-2003)
Jashari, Adem (1955-1998)
Jelisic, Goran (b. 1968)
Jolie, Angelina (b. 1975)
Kabuga, Félicien (b. 1935)
Kagame, Paul (b. 1957)
Kajuga, (Jerry) Robert (b. 1960)
Kambanda, Jean (b. 1955)
Kandic, Natasa (b. 1946)
Kapila, Mukesh (b. 1955)
Karadzic, Radovan (b. 1945)
Karamira, Froduald (1947-1998)
Ke Pauk (1934-2002)
Khang Khek Iev ("Comrade Duch") (b. 1942)
Khieu Samphan (b. 1931)
Kim Il-sung (1912-1994)
Kony, Joseph (b. 1961)
Kouchner, Bernard (b. 1939)
Kovanda, Karel (b. 1944)
Kristof, Nicholas D. (b. 1959)
Krstic, Radislav (b. 1948)
Lane, Laura (b. 1967)
Lemkin, Raphael (1900-1959)
Lon Nol (1913-1985)
Loung Ung (b. 1970)
Lukic, Milan (b. 1967)
Macías Nguema, Francisco (1924-1979)
MacKenzie, Lewis (b. 1940)
Mandlbaum, Zoran (b. 1946)
Mao Zedong (1893-1976)
McCloskey, Frank (1939-2003)
Mejakic, Zeljko (b. 1964)
Méndez, Juan E. (b. 1944)
Mengistu Haile Mariam (b. 1937)
Micombero, Michel (1940-1983)
Milosevic, Slobodan (1941-2006)
Mladic, Ratko (b. 1943)
Mugabe, Robert (b. 1924)
Mugesera, Léon (b. 1952)
Munyagishari, Bernard (b. 1959)
Nahimana, Ferdinand (b. 1950)
Ndasingwa, Landoald ("Lando") (d. 1994)
Ndindiliyimana, Augustin (b. 1943)
Ngeze, Hassan (b. 1957)
Nicholson, Emma (b. 1941)
Nicholson, Michael (b. 1937)
Nissim, Gabriele (b. 1950)
Nogic, Inela (b. 1976)
Ntaganda, Bosco (b. 1973)
Nuhanovic, Hasan (b. 1968)
Nuon Chea (b. 1926)
Nyiramasuhuko, Pauline (b. 1946)
Obote, (Apollo) Milton (1924-2005)
Ojukwu, Emeka (1933-2011)
Oric, Naser (b. 1967)
Owen, David (b. 1938)
Pinochet, Augusto (1915-2006)
Plavsic, Biljana (b. 1930)
Pol Pot (1925-1998)
Ponchaud, François (b. 1939)
Prendergast, John (b. 1963)
Prosper, Pierre-Richard (b. 1963)
Proxmire, William (1915-2005)
Ramos-Horta, José (b. 1949)
Raznatovic, Zeljko ("Arkan") (1952-2000)
Reeves, Eric (b. 1950)
Ríos Montt, Efraín (b. 1926)
Riza, Iqbal (b. 1934)
Rose, Michael (b. 1940)
Ruggiu, Georges (b. 1957)
Rugova, Ibrahim (1944-2006)
Rusesabagina, Paul (b. 1954)
Rutaganda, Georges (1958-2010)
Saint-Exupéry, Patrick de (b. 1962)
Sankoh, Foday (1937-2003)
Schanberg, Sydney H. (b. 1934)
Seselj, Vojislav (b. 1954)
Shattuck, John (b. 1943)
Sihanouk, Norodom (b. 1922)
Silajdzic, Haris (b. 1945)
Smailovic, Vedran (b. 1956)
Smith, Rupert (b. 1943)
Son Sen (1930-1997)
Steidle, Brian (b. 1976)
Suharto (1921-2008)
Ta Mok (ca. 1926-2006)
Tadic, Dusan (b. 1955)
Taylor, Charles (b. 1948)
Tudjman, Franjo (1922-1999)
Turajlic, Hakija (1936-1993)
Tytler, Jagdish (b. 1944)
Uwilingiyimana, Agathe (1953-1994)
Van Anraat, Frans (b. 1942)
Vieira de Mello, Sérgio (1948-2003)
Vorn Vet (ca. 1934-1978)
Vulliamy, Ed (b. 1954)
Wallace, Gretchen Steidle (b. 1974)
Wilkens, Carl (b. 1957)
Wiranto (b. 1947)
Yahya Khan (1917-1980)
Zivanovic, Milenko (b. 1946)
Glossary of Important Terms in Genocide Studies
Chronology of Contemporary Genocide
Resources: Print and Nonprint
Index

About the author

Paul R. Bartrop is Professor Emeritus at Florida Gulf Coast University, USA. He is the author and co-author of several books, including Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors (2016), Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses (2014) and Genocide: The Basics (2014). He is also the co-editor, with Michael Dickerman, of the award-winning four-volume The Holocaust: An Encyclopedia and Document Collection (2017) and Resisting the Holocaust: Upstanders, Partisans, and Survivors (2016).
Professor Bartrop is a Past President of the Australian Association of Jewish Studies and in 2022 was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in the United Kingdom.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Bartrop, Paul R Bartrop, Paul R. Bartrop
• Publisher: Abc Clio Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.07.2012
• EAN: 9780313386787
• ISBN: 978-0-313-38678-7
• No. of pages: 404
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Reference, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Dictionaries of biography, Dictionaries Of Biography (Who's Who)