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Genocide since 1945 [[electronic resource]]



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Autore: Spencer Philip Visualizza persona
Titolo: Genocide since 1945 [[electronic resource]] Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
London : , : Routledge, , 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
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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ISBN: 0-203-11504-X
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.: 9910779351003321
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Serie: The Making of the Contemporary World