The Specter of genocide: mass murder in historical perspective

Abstract

1. Introduction Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan Part I. Genocide and Modernity: 2. Twentieth century genocides: underlying ideological themes from Armenia to East Timor Ben Kiernan 3. The modernity of genocides: war, race, and revolution in the twentieth century Eric D. Weitz 4. Seeking the roots of modern genocide: on the macro- and micro-history of mass murder Omer Bartov 5. Genocide and the body politic in the time of modernity Marie Fleming Part II: Indigenous Peoples and Colonial Issues: 6. Indigenous peoples genocide: rhetoric of human rights Elazar Barkan 7. Military culture and the production of 'final solutions' in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany Isabel V. Hull 8. East Timor: counter-insurgency and genocide John G. Taylor Part III. The Era of the Two World Wars: 9. Under cover of war: the Armenian genocide in the context of total war Jay Winter 10. The mechanism of a mass crime: the 'great terror' in the Soviet Union, 1937-1938 Nicolas Werth 11. The third reich, the Holocaust and visions of serial genocide Robert Gellately 12. Reflections on modern Japanese history in the context of the concept of 'genocide' Gavan McCormack Part IV. Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1945: 13. 'When the world turned to chaos': 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma 14. Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia Edward Kissi 15. Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state Robert Melson 16. History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 genocide Greg Grandin 17. Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 Jacques Semelin Part V. Conclusions: 18. The specter of genocide Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan.