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Record Nr.

UNINA9910365050203321

Titolo

Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia : An Introductory Reader / / Frank Jacob

Pubbl/distr/stampa

München ; ; Wien : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

3-11-065905-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 220 pages) : digital file(s)

Collana

Genocide and Mass Violence in the Age of Extremes ; ; 1

Disciplina

900

Soggetti

Genocide - Asia - History - 20th century

War crimes - Asia - History - 20th century

Crimes against humanity - Asia - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia: An Introduction -- 2. Crowd Violence in East Pakistan/ Bangladesh 1971-1972 -- 3. "Kill 3 Million and the Rest Will Eat of Our Hands": Genocide, Rape, and the Bangladeshi War of Liberation -- 4. Reframing the "Comfort Women" Issue: New Representations of an Old War Crime -- 5. From Student Activists to Muktibahini: Students, Mass Violence and the Bangladesh Liberation War -- 6. Narratives Without Guilt: The Self- Perception of Japanese Perpetrators -- 7. Excessive Violence in a War Without Fronts: Explaining Atrocities in South Vietnam (1965-1973) -- 8. Japanese War Crimes and War Crimes Trials in China -- 9. Forgotten Genocide in Indonesia: Mass Violence, Resource Exploitation and Struggle for Independence in West Papua -- 10. Murder, Museums, and Memory: Cold War Public History in Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Phnom Penh -- Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

In Asia the "Age of Extremes" witnessed many forms of mass violence and genocide, related to the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the proxy wars of the Cold War, and the anti-colonial nation building processes that often led to new conflicts and civil wars. The present volume is considered an introductory reader that deals with different forms of mass violence and genocide in Asia, discusses the



perspectives of victims and perpetrators alike.