LEADER 03108nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910459339703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93885-1 010 $a9786612938856 010 $a1-4399-0453-7 035 $a(CKB)2670000000019366 035 $a(EBL)534270 035 $a(OCoLC)630545113 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000419926 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271087 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419926 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10385383 035 $a(PQKB)11775419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC534270 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse15659 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL534270 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10388599 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293885 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000019366 100 $a19900208d1990 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow holocausts happen$b[electronic resource] $ethe United States in Central America /$fDouglas V. Porpora 210 $aPhiladelphia $cTemple University Press$d1990 215 $a1 online resource (236 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87722-750-0 311 $a0-87722-923-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 203-216) and index. 327 $aContents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. The Banality of Evil; 3. Moral Indifference, the Rise of Hitler, and the Exterminiation of the Jews; 4. The Two Faces of Genocide in Central America; 5. Has the United States Become a Party to Genocide? To a Holocaust-like Event?; 6. How We Allowed Ourselves to Become a Party to Genocide; 7. In the Footsteps of the Righteous; Notes; Index 330 $a""History repeats itself, but it never repeats itself exactly,"" observes Douglas Porpora in this powerful indictment of U.S. intervention in Central America. Comparing the general public's reaction to the Holocaust in Nazi Germany with American public opinion of U.S. participation in the genocidal policies of Nicaraguan counter-revolutionary forces, and the governments of Guatemala and El Salvador among others, Porpora demonstrates that moral indifference to the suffering of others was the common response. 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Prelude to the 1967 riots; 2. Labour dispute at the Hong Kong Artificial Flower Works: The immediate trigger of the 1967 riots; 3. The Garden Road incident on May 22, 1967; 4. People's Daily editorial on June 3 and the general strikes; 5. The Sha Tau Kok incident and bomb attacks; 6. Britain's plan for emergency evacuation of Hong Kong; 7. Hawks and doves within the British government in handling the disturbances; 8. The arson attack on the office of British charge d'affaires and the murder of Lam Bun 327 $a9. Finale to the Hong Kong-style Cultural Revolution10. Impact of the 1967 riots; 11. Recollection and reflections by key players in the disturbances; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aHong Kong's Watershed: The 1967 Riots is the first English book that provides an account and critical analysis of the disturbances based on declassified files from the British government and recollection by key players during the events. 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