Genocide & the Holocaust /
Offers in-depth analysis of 63 primary source documents, tracing the role that genocide has played in history, from the 1428 BCE to today. These include book excerpts, speeches, political debates, testimony, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles and in...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ipswich, Massachusetts : Amenia, New York :
Salem Press, a division of EBSCO Information Services ; Grey House Publishing,
[2021]
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| Series: | Defining documents in world history.
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| Summary: | Offers in-depth analysis of 63 primary source documents, tracing the role that genocide has played in history, from the 1428 BCE to today. These include book excerpts, speeches, political debates, testimony, court rulings, legal texts, legislative acts, essays, newspaper and magazine articles and interviews. The first volume of this set focuses on the Mithridatic Wars, the Framework for the African Union, the President's Commission on the Holocaust and ISIS Crimes against the Yazidis. The second volume is dedicated to themes such as ethnic cleansing, the Nazi Holocaust and the aftermath of genocide, including the crisis in Darfur, the civil war in Biafra, the refusal of proposed air action to impede deportation of Jews, and Elie Wiesel's Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2018. These documents, and more, provide an overview of the history and contemporary issues surrounding genocide and the Holocaust. |
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| Physical Description: | 2 volumes (xiii, 605 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781637000137 1637000138 9781637000151 1637000154 9781637000168 1637000162 |