The fifth edition of Centuries of Genocide combines highly informative essays on major genocides with powerful first-person survivor testimonies.
The new edition of this market-leading textbook includes a revised introduction and updated chapters with new research and insights. Four new case studies of twenty-first-century genocides bring this horrific history up to the present moment: the genocide perpetrated by the government during Argentina’s "Dirty War," the genocide of the Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), genocidal violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar, and China’s genocide of the Uyghurs. Powerful survivor testimonies bring the essays to life and help readers grapple with the difficult lessons presented throughout the book.
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Samuel Totten
1. The Genocide of Californias Yana Indians
Benjamin Madley
2. Genocide of the Herero and Nama in German South-West Africa, 19041907
Dominik J. Schaller
3. The Armenian Genocide
Rouben P. Adalian
4. Soviet Manmade Famine in Ukraine
James Mace
5. The Holocaust: Jews, Gypsies, and the Handicapped
Donald L. Niewyk
6. Genocide in Bangladesh
Rounaq Jahan
7. Genocide in Cambodia
Craig Etcheson
8. The Genocide Perpetrated by the Government of Argentina (19761983)
Natasha Zaretsky
9. Guatemala: Acts of Genocide, Scorched-Earth Counterinsurgency War, and
the Long Search for Justice
Susanne Jonas
10. The Anfal Operations in Iraqi Kurdistan
Michiel Leezenberg
11. The 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
Gerald Caplan
12. Genocidal Violence in the Former Yugoslavia: Bosnia Herzegovina
Martin Mennecke
13. The Darfur Genocide
Samuel Totten
14. ISISs Genocide of the Yazidis
Samuel Totten
15. Genocidal Violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar
Ken MacLean
16. Chinas Genocide of the Uyghurs
Samuel Totten
Afterword
Samuel Totten
Appendices
Appendix I. The UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crimes
of Genocide
Appendix II. List of Crimes against Humanity
Appendix III. Summary of the Concept of the Responsibility to Protect
Appendix IV. A Select List of Films about Individual Genocides
Appendix V. Table of Contents of Earlier Editions of Century of Genocide and
Centuries of Genocide
Index
Samuel Totten is a scholar of genocide studies and professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas.
