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On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined
Deborah Mayersen
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Description for On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined
Paperback. Addresses for the first time, the question of how the risk of genocide develops over time. Helps us to better understand why genocide occurs when it does. Provides a comprehensive historical analysis of the factors that led to the 1915 Armenian genocide and the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVT; 1DVUR; 1HFGR; 3JJ; HBJD; HBJH; HBLW; HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 360.
Why did the Armenian genocide erupt in Turkey in 1915, only seven years after the Armenian minority achieved civil equality for the first time in the history of the Ottoman Empire? How can we explain the Rwandan genocide occurring in 1994, after decades of relative peace and even cooperation between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority? Addressing the question of how the risk of genocide develops over time, On the Path to Genocide contributes to a better understand why genocide occurs when it does. It provides a comprehensive and comparative historical analysis of the factors that led to ... Read more
Why did the Armenian genocide erupt in Turkey in 1915, only seven years after the Armenian minority achieved civil equality for the first time in the history of the Ottoman Empire? How can we explain the Rwandan genocide occurring in 1994, after decades of relative peace and even cooperation between the Hutu majority and the Tutsi minority? Addressing the question of how the risk of genocide develops over time, On the Path to Genocide contributes to a better understand why genocide occurs when it does. It provides a comprehensive and comparative historical analysis of the factors that led to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
360g
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785331961
SKU
V9781785331961
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Ref
99-15
About Deborah Mayersen
Deborah Mayersen is an historian, based at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research expertise is in comparative genocide studies, including the Armenian genocide, Rwandan genocide and genocide prevention. Her recent publications include the edited volumes The United Nations and Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016) and Genocide and Mass Atrocities in Asia: Legacies and Prevention (with Annie Pohlman, Routledge, ... Read more
Reviews for On the Path to Genocide: Armenia and Rwanda Reexamined
Mayersen has written a fine text... Ultimately, Mayersen concludes that genocides are `fundamentally preventable' and offers insights into prevention. The text is well organized, thoroughly researched, and brings to bear important new perspectives on genocide studies. - Highly recommended. Choice