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Author: D. Tatum
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.515kg
ISBN: 9780230621893
ISBN 10: 0230621899
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 18 August 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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<p> In the first half of the twentieth century, the worst cases of genocide were perpetrated in two of the most advanced countries in the world--Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Russia. Since the middle of the twentieth century, smaller countries have caught the genocidal bug--including Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, and probably Darfur. Dale C. Tatum laments the lack of strong American leadership in dealing with the proliferation of genocide, which is as compelling a moral cause as preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Indeed, Tatum has convinced me that genocidal proliferation may be more imminent and needs the urgent attention of America and the world community. --Ali A. Mazrui, Director of Global Cultural Studies, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY<p> This book covers genocides in recent history and the political/historical environments associated with these tragedies. We should all study these events, but it is particularly appropriate for college students to ponder and
<p>“In the first half of the twentieth century, the worst cases of genocide were perpetrated in two of the most advanced countries in the world--Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Russia.  Since the middle of the twentieth century, smaller countries have caught the genocidal bug--including Bosnia, Rwanda, Kosovo, and probably Darfur. Dale C. Tatum laments the lack of strong American leadership in dealing with the proliferation of genocide, which is as compelling a moral cause as preventing the proliferation of nuclear weapons.  Indeed, Tatum has convinced me that genocidal proliferation may be more imminent and needs the urgent attention of America and the world community.”--Ali A. Mazrui, Director of Global Cultural Studies, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY<p>“This book covers genocides in recent history and the political/historical environments associated with these tragedies. We should all study these events, but it is particularly
Author Information
DALE C. TATUM has taught Political Science at several universities and colleges and is the author of Who Influenced Whom? Lessons from the Cold War (2002).
