| Description |
320 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-309) and index. |
| Contents |
"Carthage must be destroyed!" : the first genocide, 146 BCE -- "We have torn our hair with grief" : the massacre of the Mexica, 1521 -- Blood in the name of God : the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, August 24, 1572 -- "The ghastliest forms that were ever seen alive" : the Black Hole of Calcutta, 1756 -- "A shriek of blank despair" : the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 -- "I long to be wading in gore" : the Sand Creek Massacre, 1864 -- A bloody Easter Sunday : the Colfax Massacre, Louisiana, 1873 -- Martyrs' Day : the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917 -- "If I had not seen it with my own eyes" : the Rape of Nanking, China, 1937-1938 -- Wolves at the grave" : Katyn Forest, April-May, 1940 -- "The ravine of women" : Babi Yar, Steptember 29-30, 1941 -- "Machte alle kaput" : the Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944 -- "The greatest stillness" : massacre at Sharpeville, South Africa, March 21, 1960 -- "This Nazi kind of thing" : massacre at My Lai, March 16, 1968 -- Terror in the year zero : the Cambodian Genocide, 1975-1979 -- The bloody Gate of Heavenly Peace : massacre at Tiananmen Square, June 3-4, 1989 -- One hundred days of hell : the Rwandan Genocide, April-July, 1994 -- "Allah can't help you now" : massacre at Srebrenica, July 1995. |
| Subject |
Massacres -- History.
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Massacres -- Social aspects -- History.
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War and society -- History.
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History -- Anecdotes.
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Military history -- Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
9781592334025 |
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1592334024 |
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