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Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity

Title
Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.
Author
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah.
Publication
New York : PublicAffairs, ©2009.

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Description
xii, 658 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
A paradigm-changing investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing--explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.
Alternative Title
Genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity
Subjects
Genre/Form
Case studies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index.
Source (note)
  • of Miriam Cohen;
Contents
The choice -- Clarifying the issues. Eliminationism, not genocide ; Worse than war : our age of suffering -- Explaining eliminationist assaults. Why they begin ; How they are implemented ; Why the perpetrators act ; Why they end -- Modern eliminationist politics. Sources and patterns ; Thinking and acting ; Actual minds, actual words -- Changing the future. Prologue to the future ; What we can do.
Call Number
JFE 22-3364
ISBN
  • 9781586487690
  • 1586487698
  • 9781586489007
  • 1586489003
LCCN
2009028035
OCLC
316035698
Author
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah.
Title
Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / Daniel Jonah Goldhagen.
Imprint
New York : PublicAffairs, ©2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index.
Source
Gift; of Miriam Cohen; 2022.
Added Author
Cohen, Miriam, donor.
Research Call Number
JFE 22-3364
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