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Zusatztext "This book...reopens the academic debate on a relatively under-researched question: the role of the United States in the perpetration and prevention of mass violence and more specifically genocide. Very critical of the American authorities! the book is nonetheless based on a solidly argumentation and! in the end! is quite convincing."- Julien Zarifian! Politique Americaine! 2018 Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey S. Bachman is Professorial Lecturer in Human Rights and Director of the Ethics, Peace, and Global Affairs MA Program at the American University's School of International Service, USA. Klappentext This book challenges the dominant narrative of the United States' relationship with genocide through a comprehensive analysis of this relationship, situated within the broader genocide studies literature, while emphasizing the role of state responsibility for the commission of genocide and the crime's ancillary acts. Zusammenfassung This book challenges the dominant narrative of the United States' relationship with genocide through a comprehensive analysis of this relationship, situated within the broader genocide studies literature, while emphasizing the role of state responsibility for the commission of genocide and the crime’s ancillary acts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: (Re)Contextualizing the US Relationship with Genocide 2. Redefining Genocide 3. Cultural Genocide: Nullum Crimen Sine Lege 4. Conspiracy to Commit Genocide in Indonesia 5. Complicity in Genocide in Bangladesh and Guatemala 6. A History of Genocide in Iraq 7. Genocide in Vietnam 8. Again and Again: The US Relationship with Genocide
