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Autore: | Pomakoy Keith |
Titolo: | Helping humanity [[electronic resource] ] : American policy and genocide rescue / / Keith Pomakoy |
Pubblicazione: | Lanham, Md., : Lexington Books, c2011 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (245 p.) |
Disciplina: | 364.15/1 |
Soggetto topico: | Genocide - Government policy - United States |
Genocide | |
Humanitarianism | |
Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 19th century |
United States Foreign relations 20th century | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-228) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Strictly speaking, the term genocide only fits the Holocaust : what is genocide? -- American philanthropy -- The good Samaritan : America and the war with Spain -- They fear that the matter will have to run its course : America and the Armenian tragedy -- No cardinals in Russia : America and the terror-famine -- Jews, Zionists and social workers : American rescue policy in the caldron of World War II -- The United Nations is silent : facing genocide in the Cold War -- The world now stands as one : novus ordo seclorum. |
Sommario/riassunto: | Helping Humanity: American Policy and Genocide Rescue offers a scholarly examination of America's complicated reactions to genocide and genocide rescue. It provides a synthesis of humanitarian concerns within the broader narrative of American foreign policy that gives an underappreciated policy consideration the attention it is due. This book will serve as an approachable work both for those interested in genocide and specialists in foreign policy. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Helping humanity |
ISBN: | 1-280-67964-6 |
9786613656575 | |
0-7391-6905-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910462005603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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