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LEADER: 02429cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2009026715
003 DLC
005 20100413084530.0
008 090630s2010 mauab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2009026715
020 $a9781592334025
020 $a1592334024
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn316018314
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDX$dYDXCP$dQBX$dDLC
050 00 $aD24$b.C86 2010
082 00 $a303.6/6$222
100 1 $aCummins, Joseph.
245 14 $aThe world's bloodiest history :$bmassacre, genocide, and the scars they left on civilization /$cJoseph Cummins.
260 $aBeverly, Mass. :$bFair Winds Press,$c2010.
300 $a320 p. :$bill. (some col.), col. maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a"Carthage must be destroyed!" : the first genocide, 146 BCE -- "We have torn our hair with grief" : the massacre of the Mexica, 1521 -- Blood in the name of God : the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, August 24, 1572 -- "The ghastliest forms that were ever seen alive" : the Black Hole of Calcutta, 1756 -- "A shriek of blank despair" : the Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857 -- "I long to be wading in gore" : the Sand Creek Massacre, 1864 -- A bloody Easter Sunday : the Colfax Massacre, Louisiana, 1873 -- Martyrs' Day : the Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917 -- "If I had not seen it with my own eyes" : the Rape of Nanking, China, 1937-1938 -- Wolves at the grave" : Katyń Forest, April-May, 1940 -- "The ravine of women" : Babi Yar, Steptember 29-30, 1941 -- "Machte alle kaput" : the Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944 -- "The greatest stillness" : massacre at Sharpeville, South Africa, March 21, 1960 -- "This Nazi kind of thing" : massacre at My Lai, March 16, 1968 -- Terror in the year zero : the Cambodian Genocide, 1975-1979 -- The bloody Gate of Heavenly Peace : massacre at Tiananmen Square, June 3-4, 1989 -- One hundred days of hell : the Rwandan Genocide, April-July, 1994 -- "Allah can't help you now" : massacre at Srebrenica, July 1995.
650 0 $aMassacres$xHistory.
650 0 $aMassacres$xSocial aspects$xHistory.
650 0 $aWar and society$xHistory.
650 0 $aHistory$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aMilitary history$vAnecdotes.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009026715-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0913/2009026715-d.html