Extremely Violent Societies

by Christian Gerlach

Book Overview

In this groundbreaking book Christian Gerlach traces the social roots of the extraordinary processes of human destruction involved in mass violence throughout the twentieth century. He argues that terms such as 'genocide' and 'ethnic cleansing' are too narrow to explain the diverse motives and interests that cause violence to spread in varying forms and intensities. From killings and expulsions to enforced hunger, collective rape, strategic bombing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521706815
• ISBN13: 9780521706810
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.0"