Genocide, war crimes, and the West : history and complicity /: history and complicity. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Genocide, war crimes & the West
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Adam Jones.
• Other Names: Jones, Adam, 1963-
• Contents: Shades of complicity: towards a typology of transnational crimes against humanity / Peter Stoett -- Imperial Germany and the Herero of southern Africa: genocide and the quest for recompense / Jan-Bart Gewald -- Genocide by any other name: North American Indian residential schools in context / Ward Churchill -- The Allies in World War II: the Anglo-American bombardment of German cities / Eric Langenbacher -- Torture and other violations of the law by the French army during the Algerian war / Raphaëlle Branche -- Atrocity and its discontents: US double-mindedness about massacre, from the Plains Wars to Indonesia / Peter Dale Scott -- Bob Kerret's atrocity, the crime of Vietnam and the historic pattern of US imperialism / S. Brian Willson -- Inaugural statement to the Russell Vietnam War Crimes Tribunal / Jean-Paul Sartre -- Charles Horman versus Henry Kissinger: US intervention in 1970s Chile and the case for prosecutions / Mario I. Aguilar -- The wretched of the nations: the West's role in human rights violations in the Bangladesh War of Independence / Suhail Islam and Syed Hassan -- Indicting Henry Kissinger: the response of Raphael Lemkin / Steven L. Jacobs -- Crimes of the West in Democratic Congo: reflections on Belgian acceptance of 'moral responsibility' for the death of Lumumba / Thomas Turner -- In the name of the Cold War: how the West aided and abetted the Barre dictatorship of Somalia / Mohamed Diriye Abdullahi -- The Security Council: behind the scenes in the Rwanda genocide / Linda R. Melvern -- US policy and Iraq: a case of genocide? / Denis J. Halliday -- Criminal complaint against the United States and others for crimes against the people of Iraq -- Letter to the Security Council / Ramsey Clark -- The fire in 1999? the United States, NATO and the bombing of Yugoslavia / David Bruce MacDonald -- Collateral damage: the human cost of structural violence / Peter G. Prontzos -- Institutional responses to genocide and mass atrocity / Ernesto Verdeja -- International citizens' tribunals on human rights / Arthur Jay Klinghoffer -- Coming to terms with the past: the case for a truth and reparations commission on slavery, segregation and colonialism / Francis Njubi Nesbitt -- Declarations on the transatlantic slave trade / World Conference Against Racism -- Afghanistan and beyond / Adam Jones -- Letter to America / Breyten Breytenbach.
• Publisher Details: London : Zed Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304.663; Genocide -- Case studies; Human rights -- Case studies; Imperialism -- Case studies; Racism -- Case studies; War crimes -- Case studies; Geopolitics -- Case studies; Génocide -- Cas, Études; Droits de l'homme (Droit international) -- Études de cas; Impérialisme -- Études de cas; Racisme -- Études de cas; Crimes de guerre -- Études de cas; Géopolitique -- Études de cas; Genocide & ethnic cleansing; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Demography; Genocide; Geopolitics; Human rights; Imperialism; Diplomatic relations; Racism; War crimes; Genocide; Oorlogsmisdaden; United States -- Foreign relations -- Case studies; Europe -- Foreign relations -- Case studies; États-Unis -- Relations extérieures -- Études de cas; Europe -- Relations extérieures -- Études de cas; Europe; United States; Electronic books; Electronic books; Case studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781848136823
• Related ISBNs: 184813682X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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