Making and Unmaking Nations: War, Leadership, and Genocide in Modern AfricaScott Straus
Why do some wars escalate into genocidal violence while apparently similar conflicts do not? In recent years, scholars have focused attention on explaining the nature and etiology of genocides and have shown that most occur either during or soon after some form of organized group violence such as a...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2019
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Holocaust and genocide studies
Year: 2019, Volume: 33, Issue: 1, Pages: 139-140 |
| Review of: | Making and unmaking nations (Ithaca [u.a.] : Cornell University Press, 2015) (Alvarez, Alex)
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Book review
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| Summary: | Why do some wars escalate into genocidal violence while apparently similar conflicts do not? In recent years, scholars have focused attention on explaining the nature and etiology of genocides and have shown that most occur either during or soon after some form of organized group violence such as a war, revolution, or insurgency. By their very nature wars tend to create conditions conducive to the development of genocidal practices and policies. Yet the overwhelming majority of armed conflicts, violent and destructive as they might be, do not result in attempts to eradicate entire population groups. Simply put, most wars don’t become genocidal, even when they seem capable of doing so. |
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| ISSN: | 1476-7937 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Holocaust and genocide studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/hgs/dcz001 |
