Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity
Title | Genocide, War Crimes and the West: History and Complicity |
Publication Type | Book |
Year of Publication | 2004 |
Authors | Jones, Adam |
Number of Pages | 424 |
Publisher | Zed Books |
City | London |
Abstract | Genocide and war crimes are increasingly the focus of scholarly and activist attention. Much controversy exists over how, precisely, these grim phenomena should be defined and conceptualized. This volume tackles this controversy, and clarifies our understanding of an important but under-researched dimension: the involvement of the US and other liberal democracies in actions that are conventionally depicted as the exclusive province of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes. In the opening and closing sections of the book, analytical issues are considered, including questions of responsibility for genocide and war crimes, and institutional responses at both the domestic and international levels. The central section is devoted to an unprecedentedly broad range of original case studies of western involvement, or alleged involvement, in war crimes and genocide. |
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