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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461514803321

Autore

Mojzes Paul

Titolo

Balkan genocides [[electronic resource] ] : holocaust and ethnic cleansing in the twentieth century / / Paul Mojzes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield, c2011

ISBN

9781442206656

1442206659

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Studies in genocide : religion, history, and human rights

Disciplina

364.15

364.151094960904

Soggetti

Ethnic conflict - Balkan Peninsula - History

Ethnic conflict - Yugoslavia - History

Genocide - Balkan Peninsula - History

Genocide - Yugoslavia - History

World War, 1914-1918 - Atrocities - Balkan Peninsula

World War, 1914-1918 - Atrocities - Yugoslavia

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities - Balkan Peninsula

World War, 1939-1945 - Atrocities - Yugoslavia

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Atrocities

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Pronunciation Guide; Chapter 1: Definitions of Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing; Chapter 2: The Heritage of Horrors; Chapter 3: Balkan Wars 1912-1913; Chapter 4: Multiple Genocides of World War II; Chapter 5: Multiple Genocides of World War II; Chapter 6: Multiple Genocides of World War II; Chapter 7: Retaliatory Genocides against Wartime Enemies; Chapter 8: Ethnic Cleansing during Yugoslavia's Wars of Disintegration in the 1990s; Chapter 9: War in Croatia; Chapter 10: War in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Chapter 11: Protracted Conflict and War in Kosovo

Chapter 12: International Criminal Tribunal for YugoslaviaChapter 13: Onward into the Twenty-first Century; Time Line; Notes; Bibliography;



Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Balkan Genocides is the first book to provide a comprehensive account of the three major waves of genocide and ethnic cleansing (including the Holocaust) in the Balkan peninsula during the 20th century-from the Balkan wars to World War II to the wars of Yugoslavia's disintegration. By placing the events within their proper historical context, Paul Mojzes raises awareness of the total scope of destruction with while also correcting the misrepresentations which have led to the denial and cover-up of ma