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Ideology and mass killing : the radicalized security politics of genocides and deadly atrocities /

Ideology and Mass Killing offers the first dedicated study of the role of radical ideologies in different kinds of 'mass killing', such as genocides, large-scale war crimes, and campaigns of state terror.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leader Maynard, Jonathan, 1987- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2022.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Mass murder > Political aspects.
Genocide > Political aspects.
Terrorism > Political aspects.
Radicalism.
Meurtre multiple > Aspect politique.
Terrorisme > Aspect politique.
Radicalisme.
radicalism.
Genocide > Political aspects
Radicalism
Terrorism > Political aspects
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Clarifying Ideology
  • 3 How Does Ideology Explain Mass Killing?
  • 4 The Hardline Justification of Mass Killing
  • 5 Stalinist Repression
  • 6 Allied Area Bombing in World War II
  • 7 Mass Killing in Guatemala's Civil War
  • 8 The Rwandan Genocide
  • 9 Conclusion