ISBN:
052183130X
,
0521538548
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 580 p)
,
23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Dark Side of Democracy : Explaining Ethnic Cleansing
DDC:
304.6/63
Keywords:
Democracy Moral and ethical aspects
;
State-sponsored terrorism
;
Genocide
;
Political atrocities
;
Ethnicity Political aspects
;
Democracy ; Moral and ethical aspects
;
Ethnicity ; Political aspects
;
Genocide
;
Political atrocities
;
State-sponsored terrorism
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The Dark Side of Democracy is the most comprehensive study of ethnic cleansing across the world, giving in-depth coverage of terrible cases like Armenia, the Nazi Holocaust, Cambodia, Yugoslavia, and Rwanda, as well as cases of lesser violence in early modern Europe and in contemporary India and Indonesia
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Argument; 2 Ethnic Cleansing in Former Times; 3 Two Versions of "We, the People"; 4 Genocidal Democracies in the New World; 5 Armenia, I; 6 Armenia, II; 7 Nazis, I; 8 Nazis, II; 9 Nazis, III; 10 Germany's Allies and Auxiliaries; 11 Communist Cleansing; 12 Yugoslavia, I; 13 Yugoslavia, II; 14 Rwanda, I; 15 Rwanda, II; 16 Counterfactual Cases; 17 Combating Ethnic Cleansing in the World Today; Works Cited; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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