Genocide since 1945 [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Spencer Philip
• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 p.)
• Disciplina: 364.151; 364.15109045
• Soggetto topico: Crimes against humanity; Genocide; HISTORY / General; HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century; HISTORY / World
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Maps; Introduction; 1 Never again? From the Holocaust to the Genocide Convention; 2 The Genocide Convention; 3 Explaining genocide; 4 Perpetrators, bystanders, victims and rescuers; 5 Genocide during the Cold War; 6 Genocide after the Cold War; 7 Genocide and humanitarian intervention; 8 Justice and prevention; Conclusion: the politics of genocide today; Notes; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1948 the United Nations passed the Genocide Convention. The international community was now obligated to prevent or halt what had hitherto, in Winston Churchill's words, been a ""crime without a name"", and to punish the perpetrators. Since then, however, genocide has recurred repeatedly. Millions of people have been murdered by sovereign nation states, confident in their ability to act with impunity within their own borders. Tracing the history of genocide since 1945, and looking at a number of cases across continents and decades, this book discusses a range of critical and inter
• Titolo autorizzato: Genocide since 1945
• ISBN: 1-280-87427-9; 9786613715586; 1-136-29368-X; 1-136-29367-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452945703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: The Making of the Contemporary World