A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation

by Eric D. Weitz

Book Overview

Why did the twentieth century witness unprecedented organized genocide? Can we learn why genocide is perpetrated by comparing different cases of genocide? Is the Holocaust unique, or does it share causes and features with other cases of state-sponsored mass murder? Can genocide be prevented? Blending gripping narrative with trenchant analysis, Eric Weitz investigates four of the twentieth century's major eruptions of genocide: the Soviet Union under...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691009139
• ISBN13: 9780691009131
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"