1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910493165303321

Autore

Weiss-Wendt Anton <1973->

Titolo

The Soviet Union and the gutting of the UN Genocide Convention / / Anton Weiss-Wendt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Madison, Wisconsin : , : The University of Wisconsin Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-299-31293-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 388 pages)

Collana

Critical Human Rights

Disciplina

345/.0251

Soggetti

Genocide intervention - Political aspects

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.

Sommario/riassunto

After the staggering horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations resolved to prevent and punish the crime of genocide throughout the world. The resulting UN Genocide Convention treaty, however, was drafted, contested, and weakened in the midst of Cold War tensions and ideological struggles between the Soviet Union and the West. Based on extensive archival research, Anton Weiss-Wendt reveals in detail how the political aims of the superpowers rendered the convention a weak instrument for addressing abuses against human rights. The Kremlin viewed the genocide treaty as a political document and feared repercussions. What the Soviets wanted most was to keep the subjugation of Eastern Europe and the vast system of forced labor camps out of the genocide discourse. The American Bar Association and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, in turn, worried that the Convention contained vague formulations that could be used against the United States, especially in relation to the plight of African Americans. Sidelined in the heated discussions, Weiss-Wendt shows, were humanitarian concerns for preventing future genocides.--publisher.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910493227703321

Autore

Miesner Thomas O.

Titolo

Oil and gas pipelines in nontechnical language / / Tom Miesner, William L. Leffler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Nashville, Tennessee : , : PennWell, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-59370-502-6

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (426 pages)

Disciplina

665.544

Soggetti

Petroleum pipelines

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.