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Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia : An Introductory Reader / / Frank Jacob



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Autore: Jacob Frank Visualizza persona
Titolo: Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia : An Introductory Reader / / Frank Jacob Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berlin/Boston, : De Gruyter, 2019
München ; ; Wien : , : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, , [2019]
©2019
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages) : digital file(s)
Disciplina: 900
Soggetto topico: Genocide - Asia - History - 20th century
War crimes - Asia - History - 20th century
Crimes against humanity - Asia - History - 20th century
Soggetto non controllato: Age of Extremes
genocide
Japanese Empire
Cold War
nation building
civil war
Persona (resp. second.): JacobFrank
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia: An Introduction -- 2. Crowd Violence in East Pakistan/ Bangladesh 1971-1972 -- 3. "Kill 3 Million and the Rest Will Eat of Our Hands": Genocide, Rape, and the Bangladeshi War of Liberation -- 4. Reframing the "Comfort Women" Issue: New Representations of an Old War Crime -- 5. From Student Activists to Muktibahini: Students, Mass Violence and the Bangladesh Liberation War -- 6. Narratives Without Guilt: The Self- Perception of Japanese Perpetrators -- 7. Excessive Violence in a War Without Fronts: Explaining Atrocities in South Vietnam (1965-1973) -- 8. Japanese War Crimes and War Crimes Trials in China -- 9. Forgotten Genocide in Indonesia: Mass Violence, Resource Exploitation and Struggle for Independence in West Papua -- 10. Murder, Museums, and Memory: Cold War Public History in Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, and Phnom Penh -- Contributors
Sommario/riassunto: In Asia the "Age of Extremes" witnessed many forms of mass violence and genocide, related to the rise and fall of the Japanese Empire, the proxy wars of the Cold War, and the anti-colonial nation building processes that often led to new conflicts and civil wars. The present volume is considered an introductory reader that deals with different forms of mass violence and genocide in Asia, discusses the perspectives of victims and perpetrators alike.
Titolo autorizzato: Genocide and Mass Violence in Asia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 3-11-065905-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996308333003316
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Serie: Genocide and mass violence in the age of extremes ; ; 1.