Forgotten Genocides - Oblivion, Denial, and Memory

Informationen zum Autor Edited by René Lemarchand Klappentext Rene Lemarchand is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He is the author of several books, including The Dynamics of Violence in Central Africa, also available from the University of Pennsylvania Press. Zusammenfassung In eight case studies written by recognized experts this book offers a major contribution to the comparative analysis of genocidal phenomena. Besides tapping a rich vein of empirical data! this collective effort breaks new ground in analyzing how denial! oblivion! or manipulated memory tends to mask the hideous realities of mass killing. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction —René Lemarchand 1 Mass Murder in Eastern Congo, 1996-1997 —Filip Reyntjens and René Lemarchand 2 Burundi 1972: Genocide Denied, Revised, and Remembered —Rene Lemarchand 3 "Every Herero Will Be Shot": Genocide, Concentration Camps, and Slave Labor in German South-West Africa —Dominik J. Schaller 4 Extermination, Extinction, Genocide: British Colonialism and Tasmanian Aborigines —Shayne Breen 5 Tibet: A Neo-Colonial Genocide —Claude Levenson 6 The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds: Chemical Weapons in the Service of Mass Murder —Choman Hardi 7 The Assyrian Genocide: A Tale of Oblivion and Denial —Hannibal Travis 8 The "Gypsy Problem": An Invisible Genocide —Michael Stewart Notes List of Contributors Index

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• Authors: Rene Lemarchand, LEMARCHAND RENE EDT
• Assisted by: Ren& Lemarchand (Editor), Rene Lemarchand (Editor), René Lemarchand (Editor)
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.03.2013
• EAN: 9780812222630
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2263-0
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human; Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories