Many of the world's leading authorities in history, sociology, political science and psychology shed new light on the major genocides of the twentieth century. Featured authors include Irving Louis Horowitz, Helen Fein, Vahakn Dadrian, Roger W. Smith, Henry Huttenbach, Ervin Staub, and Turkish historian Taner Ak¿. The volume covers the genocides of the Armenians, Ukrainians, Jews, Gypsies, Rwandans and Bosnians, and also topics of genocide denial and prevention.

Contributors are among world's leading authorities on subject

Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction SECTION I: APPROACHES TO GENOCIDE State Power and Genocidal Intent: On the Uses of Genocide in the Twentieth Century; R.W.Smith Science, Modernity and Authorized Terror: Reconsidering the Genocidal State; I.L.Horowitz Comparison of Genocides; Y.Bauer SECTION II: THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE A Conceptual Method for Examining the Consequences of the Armenian Genocide; R.P.Adalian Philosophy of State-Subject Relations, Ottoman Concepts of Tyranny, and the Demonization of Subjects: Conservative Ottomanism as a Source of Genocidal Behaviour, 1821-1918; J.J.Reid The Convergent Roles of the State and a Governmental Party in the Armenian Genocide; V.N.Dadrian The Genocide of the Armenians and the Silence of the Turks; T.Ak¿ Turkey: A Cultural Genocide; A.Hovannisian SECTION III: COMPARATIVE GENOCIDE, GENOCIDE DENIAL, AND GENOCIDE PREVENTION Testing Theories Brutally: L Armenia (1915), Bosnia (1922), and Rwanda (1994); H.Fein Enver Pasha and Pol Pot: A Comparison of the Armenian and Cambodian Genocides; B.Kiernan The Ukrainian Famine of 1932-33: The Role of the Ukrainian Diaspora in Research and Public Discussion; F.Sysyn The Psychology and Politics of Genocide Denial: A Comparison of Four Case Studies; H.R.Huttenback Breaking the Succession of Evil; F.H.Littell Preventing Genocide: Activating Bystanders, Helping Victims Heal, Helping Groups Overcome Hostility; E.Staub Index