A century of genocide : utopias of race and nation / Eric D. Weitz

"In a blend of gripping narrative and trenchant analysis, Eric Weitz investigates four of the twentieth century's major eruptions of genocide: the Soviet Union under Stalin, Nazi Germany, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and the former Yugoslavia. Drawing on historical sources as well as tr...

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Main Authors:Weitz, Eric D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Princeton, NJ [u.a.], 2015
Edition:[Revised edition]
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Summary:"In a blend of gripping narrative and trenchant analysis, Eric Weitz investigates four of the twentieth century's major eruptions of genocide: the Soviet Union under Stalin, Nazi Germany, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and the former Yugoslavia. Drawing on historical sources as well as trial records, memoirs, novels, and poems, Weitz explains the prevalence of genocide in the twentieth century-- and shows how and why it became so systematic and deadly"--Back cover
"In a blend of gripping narrative and trenchant analysis, Eric Weitz investigates four of the twentieth century's major eruptions of genocide: the Soviet Union under Stalin, Nazi Germany, Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge, and the former Yugoslavia. Drawing on historical sources as well as trial records, memoirs, novels, and poems, Weitz explains the prevalence of genocide in the twentieth century-- and shows how and why it became so systematic and deadly"--Back cover
Item Description:with a new preface by the author
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:23 cm
ISBN:9780691165875