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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479942703321

Autore

Herman Edward S

Titolo

The politics of genocide [[electronic resource] /] / by Edward S. Herman and David Peterson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Monthly Review Press, c2010

ISBN

1-58367-386-5

1-58367-387-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PetersonDavid <1959->

Disciplina

364.15/1

364.151

Soggetti

Genocide - History

Political crimes and offenses

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

Cover; Contents; Reflections on The Politics of Genocide; Foreword; Introduction; CONSTRUCTIVE GENOCIDES; 1. The Iraq Sanctions-Regime Killings; 2. The Iraq Invasion-Occupation; NEFARIOUS GENOCIDES; 1. The Darfur Wars and Killings; 2. Bosnia and Herzegovina; 3. Kosovo; 4. Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo; SOME BENIGN BLOODBATHS; 1. Israel: Sabra and Shatila; 2. Israel: The Gaza Invasion of December 2008-January 2009; 3. Croatia's Operation Storm; 4. Dasht-e-Leili (Afghanistan); 5. Turkey's Kurds vs. Iraq's Kurds; 6. Indonesia and East Timor-Liquiçá; 7. El Salvador and Guatemala

MYTHICAL BLOODBATHSRačak; Concluding Note; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

In this impressive book, Edward S. Herman and David Peterson examine the uses and abuses of the word "genocide." They argue persuasively that the label is highly politicized and that in the United States it is used by the government, journalists, and academics to brand as evil those nations and political movements that in one way or another interfere with the imperial interests of U.S. capitalism. Thus the word "genocide" is seldom applied when the perpetrators are U.S. allies (or



even the United States itself), while it is used almost indiscriminately when murders are committed or are alleged