| Description |
x, 580 p. : 1 map ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The argument -- Ethnic cleansing in former times -- Two versions of "We, the People" -- Genocidal democracies in the new world -- Armenia, I: into the danger zone -- Armenia, II: genocide -- Nazis, I: radicalization -- Nazis, II: fifteen hundred perpetrators -- Nazis III: genocidal careers -- Germany's allies and auxiliaries -- Communist cleansing: Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot -- Yugoslavia, I: into the danger zone -- Yugoslavia, II: Murderous cleansing -- Rwanda, I: into the danger zone -- Rwanda, II: genocide -- Counterfactual cases: India and Indonesia -- Combating ethnic cleansing in the world today. |
| Summary |
This comprehensive study of international ethnic cleansing provides in-depth coverage of its occurrences in Armenia, Nazi Germany, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, as well as cases of lesser violence in early modern Europe and in contemporary India and Indonesia. After presenting a general theory of why serious conflict emerges and how it escalates into mass murder, Michael Mann offers suggestions on how to avoid such escalation in the future. Michael Mann is the author of Fascists (Cambridge, 2004) and The Sources of Social Power (Cambridge 1986). |
| Subject |
Political atrocities.
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Genocide.
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State-sponsored terrorism.
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Ethnicity -- Political aspects.
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Democracy -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| ISBN |
0521538548 (pb.) |
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9780521538541 (pb.) |
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052183130X |
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9780521831307 |
| Standard No. |
9780521831307 |
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NLGGC 262341417 |
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IG# 0521538548 |
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IG# 052183130X |
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