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Title : Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views
Author : Samuel Totten, William S. Parsons, Israel W. Charney, editors
This pioneering volume features insights from esteemed scholars and intellectuals, offering a comprehensive examination of atrocities and crimes against humanity. It meticulously chronicles these horrors, committed under pretexts ranging from “divine will” to “ethnic cleansing.” Centered on the major atrocities of our era, the book delivers precise and reliable historical data on the motivations and execution of various genocides. Each essay is enriched with excerpts from survivor testimonies. The genocides covered include Armenia, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, East Timor, the Holocaust, Indonesia, Rwanda, South West Africa, and Ukraine.
Title : Genocide and the Politics of Memory: Studying Death to Preserve Life
Author : Herbert Hirsch
Over sixty million individuals fell victim to genocide in the twentieth century, with recent tragedies occurring in Bosnia and Rwanda. Herbert Hirsch examines the recurring instances of large-scale human violence to understand why, throughout history, people readily engage in killing each other. He contends that leaders frequently evoke or fabricate memories of actual or imagined past wrongs to incite their followers to commit violence for political or other purposes. To alter the politics of memory, Hirsch advocates for crucial reforms in both modern political systems and educational frameworks.
Title : Genocide Watch
Author : Helen Fein, editor
How can we identify and stop genocide? How can we overcome public denial and indifference towards the intentional extermination of groups? Experts in social sciences, human rights, journalism, and law explore these questions, analyzing recent genocides such as the Iraqi gas attacks on the Kurds, the Tutsi-Hutu conflicts in Burundi, and the Khmer Rouge’s actions in Cambodia. They discuss methods to define and detect genocide, reflect on historical cases, rally public opinion against specific acts of persecution, and develop new legal strategies to enforce the UN Genocide Convention.
Title : The Massacre in History
Author : Mark Levene and Penny Roberts, editors.
The role of massacre in history has often been neglected by historians and related scholars, despite its critical need for thorough and systematic examination. What defines a massacre? When and why do they happen? Are there cultural and political frameworks that make them more likely? How do societies respond to such events? Do massacres incite change, or are they simply part of the ongoing human narrative? This significant volume delves into these questions and more, offering an in-depth analysis of specific massacres from the eleventh century to the present. It covers events such as the fifteenth-century Christian-Jewish relations in Spain, the St. Bartholomew’s Day massacre, the 1937 rape of Nanking, and the World War II origins of the Serb-Croat conflict.
Volume 1 in the “War and Genocide” series.
Title: Encyclopedia of Genocide
Author: Israel W. Charny, editor
This comprehensive two-volume encyclopedia on genocidal mass killings is the first reference work to systematically and authoritatively map the global scope of this harrowing subject. Featuring contributions from over 90 esteemed experts worldwide, it provides A-Z entries that thoroughly cover numerous known genocides: the Nazi Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, genocides in Cambodia, Rwanda, East Timor, and the former Yugoslavia, and the systematic extermination of indigenous peoples from Aborigines to Native Americans. The encyclopedia also includes in-depth discussions on survivor experiences, definitions of genocide, humanitarian intervention, the role of the United Nations, early warning systems for genocide, advancements in legal frameworks, and the psychology and ideology underpinning genocide. This essential resource is invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone interested in the critical issue of genocide.
Title: For Humanity: Reflections of a War Crimes Investigator
Author: Richard J. Goldstone
Title: Mirrors of Destruction: War, Genocide, and Modern Identity
Author: Omer Bartov
In this book, Omer Bartov illustrates the profound connections between military conflict, mass murder of civilians, and the categorization of groups and individuals in the 20th century. These links were most evident during the Holocaust, where the Nazis sought to annihilate European Jewry amidst a devastating war, aiming to establish a racially pure Aryan population and a Germanic empire. Bartov argues that the Holocaust must be viewed within the broader context of the century’s tendency to use systematic, large-scale destruction to address identity conflicts. He examines the glorification of war and violence, the pacifist movement in inter-war France, and the rhetoric surrounding the identification and eradication of “elusive enemies” or “enemies from within.” Bartov concludes with an exploration of contemporary apocalyptic visions.