Lemkin on GenocideProviding an annotated commentary on two unpublished manuscripts written by international law and genocide scholar Raphael Lemkin, Steven L. Jacobs offers a critical introduction to the father of genocide studies. Lemkin coined the term "genocide" and was the motivating force behind the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Punishment and Prevention of the Crime of Genocide. The materials collected here give readers further insight into this singularly courageous man and the issue which consumed him in the aftermath of the Second World War. It is a welcome addition to the library of genocide and Holocaust Studies scholars and students alike. |
Contents
HISTORY OF GENOCIDE | 55 |
Antiquity | 57 |
Chapter 01 The Albigensians | 59 |
Chapter 02 Assyrians | 83 |
Middle Ages | 101 |
Chapter 07 Mongols | 103 |
Chapter 08 Moors and Moriscos | 157 |
Modern Times | 187 |
Chapter 06 Chios | 261 |
Chapter 11 Hereros | 267 |
Chapter 14 Huguenots | 279 |
Chapter 15 The Case of Hungary | 317 |
Chapter 19 The Persecution of the Catholics in Japan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries | 343 |
Chapter 20 The Case of Poland | 371 |
Chapter 28 The Case of the Spanish in the Peru of the Incas | 379 |
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Chapter 01 The Germans in Africa | 189 |
Chapter 02 Assyrians in Iraq Christians | 223 |
About the Editor | 415 |
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