Purify and destroy : the political uses of massacre and genocide /

Based on the distinction between massacre and genocide, this book identifies the main steps of a general process of destruction, rational and irrational, responding to fears, resentments and utopias, and more. It compares the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia-Hercegovina...

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Main Authors:	Sémelin, Jacques, Sémelin, Jacques
Corporate Author:	Lipman Criminology Library Fund
Other Authors:	Schoch, Cynthia (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English French
Published:	London : Hurst & Company, [2007], ©2007 London : c2007 London : [2007]
Series:	CERI series in comparative politics and international studies (London, England)
Subjects:	Genocide > Political aspects Genocide