Description
Book SynopsisIn eight case studies written by recognized experts this book offers a major contribution to the comparative analysis of genocidal phenomena. Besides tapping a rich vein of empirical data, this collective effort breaks new ground in analyzing how denial, oblivion, or manipulated memory tends to mask the hideous realities of mass killing.
Trade Review"Lemarchand's
Forgotten Genocides is an excellent contemporary compilation of significant authors contributing to the growing academic consciousness on genocide. This is achieved by focusing their intellectual arts on less known acts of mass violence. . . . This book is certainly a must-read in any such research path a scholar may take within this area." *
Human Rights Quarterly *
"Thanks to [Lemarchand's] painstaking effort, readers now have more knowledge of the scope of genocides in history. Moreover, they can better analyze, from a global and comparative perspective, the universality and particularity of these incidents. . . . Highly recommended." *
Choice *
"Required reading for students of human rights and the general public alike. By utilizing a common analytical framework and emphasizing similar mechanisms that account for these 'forgotten genocides,' this volume stands out as an important and cohesive body of work." *
Historical Justice and Memory Research Network *
Table of ContentsPreface
Introduction
—René Lemarchand
1 Mass Murder in Eastern Congo, 1996-1997
—Filip Reyntjens and René Lemarchand
2 Burundi 1972: Genocide Denied, Revised, and Remembered
—Rene Lemarchand
3 "Every Herero Will Be Shot": Genocide, Concentration Camps, and Slave Labor in German South-West Africa
—Dominik J. Schaller
4 Extermination, Extinction, Genocide: British Colonialism and Tasmanian Aborigines
—Shayne Breen
5 Tibet: A Neo-Colonial Genocide
—Claude Levenson
6 The Anfal Campaign Against the Kurds: Chemical Weapons in the Service of Mass Murder
—Choman Hardi
7 The Assyrian Genocide: A Tale of Oblivion and Denial
—Hannibal Travis
8 The "Gypsy Problem": An Invisible Genocide
—Michael Stewart
Notes
List of Contributors
Index
