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genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity

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An edition of Worse than war (2009)

Worse than war

genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity

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"Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has written an original and important study of genocide that reconceives its very nature. He does so not by examining a series of genocides but by exploring the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to clearly describe, explain, and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent, and this book will change that. Through exhaustive research, he brilliantly lays out the roots and motivations of mass slaughter, exploring such questions as: Why do genocides occur? What makes people willing to slaughter others? How do cultural beliefs justify genocide among groups of people? Why has the world been so ineffective in reducing the incidence of genocide? Based on his thoroughgoing reconceptualization of genocide, Goldhagen proposes novel, sensible, and effective measures to put an end to this scourge of humanity, which is worse, even, than war. With the unflinching moral and analytical clarity that he is internationally known for, Goldhagen leaves no stone unturned in this groundbreaking book that will not only transform our understanding of genocide, but every person and political leader who reads it."--Publisher's description.

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Little, Brown
Language
English
Pages
658

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Worse Than War: Genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on Humanity
2011, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
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Worse Than War
2011, ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
in English
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Worse Than War: Genocide, Eliminationism, and the Ongoing Assault on Humanity
2010, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
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Worse than war: genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity
2009, PublicAffairs
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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Originally published in the United States: Public affairs, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 599-628) and index.

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London
Other Titles
Genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
364.151
Library of Congress
HV6322.7 .G65 2010, HV6322.7

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Pagination
xii, 658 pages
Number of pages
658

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL31913567M
Internet Archive
worsethanwargeno0000gold_h4x6
ISBN 10
0316861294
ISBN 13
9780316861298
OCLC/WorldCat
444389315

Work Description

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.

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