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Becoming Evil: How Ordinary People Commit Genocide and Mass Murder (Second Edition)
written by James Waller, 1955- (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007, originally published 2002), 378 page(s)
Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. He outlines the evolutiona...
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written by James Waller, 1955- (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2007, originally published 2002), 378 page(s)
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Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. He outlines the evolutionary forces that shape human nature, the individual dispositions that are more likely to engage in acts of evil, and the context of cruel...
Social psychologist James Waller uncovers the internal and external factors that can lead ordinary people to commit extraordinary acts of evil. Waller offers a sophisticated and comprehensive psychological view of how anyone can potentially participate in heinous crimes against humanity. He outlines the evolutionary forces that shape human nature, the individual dispositions that are more likely to engage in acts of evil, and the context of cruelty in which these extraordinary acts can emerge. Eyewitness accounts are presented at the end of each chapter. In this second edition, Waller has revised and updated eyewitness accounts and substantially reworked Part II of the book, removing the chapter about human nature and evolutionary adaptations, and instead using this evolutionary perspective as a base for his entire model of human evil.
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Global Issues
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
James Waller, 1955-
Date Published / Released
2002, 2007
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Crimes against humanity, Mass killings, Genocide, History, Sociology, Documentation of Crimes, Origins, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2007 by Oxford University Press
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Congressional Record - Senate Concurrent Resolution 124 - Declaring Genocide In Darfur, Sudan, July 13, 2004
written by United States. Congress (13 July 2004) , 2 page(s)
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written by United States. Congress (13 July 2004) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
13 July 2004, 2004
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
United States. Congress
Topic / Theme
Darfur Conflict (2003 -- ), War crimes, Atrocities, Genocide, Darfur Conflict, Sudan, 2003-, Law, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Documentation of Crimes, International Response, 21st Century in World History (2001– )
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Cover of Memo from Matthew Hanaghan to Anthony Lake Regarding the Forward of a Thank You Letter on Labeling Rwanda Atrocities as Genocide
written by Matthew Hanaghan, fl. 1994 (Box 3, Folder 4016) (06 July 1994) , 2 page(s)
White House Staff and Office Files - Schwartz, Eric - Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs - Rwanda
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written by Matthew Hanaghan, fl. 1994 (Box 3, Folder 4016) (06 July 1994) , 2 page(s)
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White House Staff and Office Files - Schwartz, Eric - Multilateral and Humanitarian Affairs - Rwanda
Date Written / Recorded
06 July 1994, 1994
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Matthew Hanaghan, fl. 1994
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Atrocities, Ethnic conflict, Genocide, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Politics & Policy, Diplomacy, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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FIRES OF HATRED
written by Norman Naimark, 1944- (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, originally published 2001), 258 page(s)
Of all the horrors of the last century—perhaps the bloodiest century of the past millennium—ethnic cleansing ranks among the worst. The term burst forth in public discourse in the spring of 1992 as a way to describe Serbian attacks on the Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but as this landmark book attests, ethnic...
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written by Norman Naimark, 1944- (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2001, originally published 2001), 258 page(s)
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Of all the horrors of the last century—perhaps the bloodiest century of the past millennium—ethnic cleansing ranks among the worst. The term burst forth in public discourse in the spring of 1992 as a way to describe Serbian attacks on the Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but as this landmark book attests, ethnic cleansing is neither new nor likely to cease in our time.
Norman Naimark, distinguished historian of Europe and Russia, provides an i...
Of all the horrors of the last century—perhaps the bloodiest century of the past millennium—ethnic cleansing ranks among the worst. The term burst forth in public discourse in the spring of 1992 as a way to describe Serbian attacks on the Muslims of Bosnia-Herzegovina, but as this landmark book attests, ethnic cleansing is neither new nor likely to cease in our time.
Norman Naimark, distinguished historian of Europe and Russia, provides an insightful history of ethnic cleansing and its relationship to genocide and population transfer. Focusing on five specific cases, he exposes the myths about ethnic cleansing, in particular the commonly held belief that the practice stems from ancient hatreds. Naimark shows that this face of genocide had its roots in the European nationalism of the late nineteenth century but found its most virulent expression in the twentieth century as modern states and societies began to organize themselves by ethnic criteria. The most obvious example, and one of Naimark’s cases, is the Nazi attack on the Jews that culminated in the Holocaust. Naimark also discusses the Armenian genocide of 1915 and the expulsion of Greeks from Anatolia during the Greco–Turkish War of 1921–22; the Soviet forced deportation of the Chechens-Ingush and the Crimean Tatars in 1944; the Polish and Czechoslovak expulsion of the Germans in 1944–47; and Bosnia and Kosovo.
In this harrowing history, Naimark reveals how over and over, as racism and religious hatreds picked up an ethnic name tag, war provided a cover for violence and mayhem, an evil tapestry behind which nations acted with impunity.
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Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Norman Naimark, 1944-
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Genocide, Atrocities, State-sponsored violence, Religious differences, Racism, Ethnic cleansing, History, Documentation of Crimes, Origins, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 2001 by Harvard University Press
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First-Person Accounts of Genocidal Acts in the Twentieth Century: An Annotated Bibliography
written by Samuel Totten, fl. 2002 (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, originally published 1991), 433 page(s)
This bibliography includes English-language first-person accounts of individuals who survived or witnessed, as bystanders, journalists, diplomats, or liberators, genocidal acts in this century. The primary focus is on diaries, letters, memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories, interviews, and statements in newspap...
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written by Samuel Totten, fl. 2002 (New York, NY: Greenwood Press, originally published 1991), 433 page(s)
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This bibliography includes English-language first-person accounts of individuals who survived or witnessed, as bystanders, journalists, diplomats, or liberators, genocidal acts in this century. The primary focus is on diaries, letters, memoirs, autobiographies, oral histories, interviews, and statements in newspaper articles.
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Samuel Totten, fl. 2002
Date Published / Released
1991
Publisher
Greenwood Press
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Atrocities, Survivors, Genocide victims, Genocide, History, Documentation of Crimes, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Copyright © 1991 by Samuel Totten
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FREEDOM ON FIRE
written by John Shattuck, 1943- (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003), 402 page(s)
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written by John Shattuck, 1943- (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003), 402 page(s)
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Non-fiction
Author / Creator
John Shattuck, 1943-
Date Published / Released
2003
Topic / Theme
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Chinese, Bosnia-Herzegovinian, Haitian, Rwandan, Political violence, Human rights, Civil war, Genocide victims, Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Bosnian Genocide, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Post Genocide Rwanda, 1994-, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Politics & P...
General Context: Human Rights Violations, War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide, Chinese, Bosnia-Herzegovinian, Haitian, Rwandan, Political violence, Human rights, Civil war, Genocide victims, Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Bosnian Genocide, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1992-1995, Post Genocide Rwanda, 1994-, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Politics & Policy, History, Documentation of Crimes, Rwandans, Haitians, Bosnia-Herzegovinians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Genocide in Rwanda April-May 1994
written by Human Rights Watch, in Records Related to Rwanda and Susan Rice from 1993-1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (May 1994), Box 1, Folder 356 , 15 page(s)
White House Staff and Office Files - National Security Council - Susan Rice - Global Affairs - Rwanda
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written by Human Rights Watch, in Records Related to Rwanda and Susan Rice from 1993-1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (May 1994), Box 1, Folder 356 , 15 page(s)
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White House Staff and Office Files - National Security Council - Susan Rice - Global Affairs - Rwanda
Date Written / Recorded
May 1994, 1994
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Human Rights Watch
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Tutsi, Hutu, Government policy, Ethnic conflict, War, International relations, Massacres, Genocide, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Diplomacy, Politics & Policy, Law, Documentation of Crimes, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Human Rights Commission: Special Rapporteur Concludes Genocide Has Occurred in Rwanda
in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (July 1994), Box 7, Folder 505000 , 3 page(s)
National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - July 9, 1994
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in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (July 1994), Box 7, Folder 505000 , 3 page(s)
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National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - July 9, 1994
Date Written / Recorded
July 1994, 1994
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Person Discussed
Rene Degni-Segui, fl. 1994
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Tutsi, Peace processes, Internally displaced persons, Massacres, Atrocities, War crimes, Genocide victims, Genocide, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Law, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Human Rights Commission: Special Rapporteur Government to the Civilian Population and to the Militias
in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (July 1994), Box 7, Folder 505000 , 2 page(s)
National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - July 9, 1994
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in Records Concerning the Genocide in Rwanda in 1994, of William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum (Little Rock, AR) (July 1994), Box 7, Folder 505000 , 2 page(s)
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National Security Council Cable, Email, and Records Management Systems - NSC Cables - Rwanda and Genocide - July 9, 1994
Date Written / Recorded
July 1994, 1994
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Person Discussed
Rene Degni-Segui, fl. 1994
Topic / Theme
Rwanda, Tutsi Genocide (1994), Hutu, Tutsi, Genocide, Torture, Refugees, Internally displaced persons, Mass killings, Militias, Massacres, Executions, Rwandan Civil War and Genocide, April 7–July 15, 1994, Law, International Response, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Letter from Haig Y. Yardumian, K. Y. Bobfebay, and Gerarold M. Mukhalian to President Warren G. Harding re: Armenian Christians in Turkey, D...
written by Gerarold M. Mukhalian, fl. 1921, K. Y. Bobfebay, fl. 1921 and Haig Y. Yardumian, fl. 1920, in Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Armenia, 1910-1929 (T-1192), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (13 December 1921) , 3 page(s)
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written by Gerarold M. Mukhalian, fl. 1921, K. Y. Bobfebay, fl. 1921 and Haig Y. Yardumian, fl. 1920, in Records of the Department of State Relating to Internal Affairs of Armenia, 1910-1929 (T-1192), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (13 December 1921) , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
13 December 1921, 1921
Field of Study
Global Issues
Content Type
Letter
Author / Creator
Gerarold M. Mukhalian, fl. 1921, K. Y. Bobfebay, fl. 1921, Haig Y. Yardumian, fl. 1920
Topic / Theme
Ottoman Empire and Armenia (1914-1922), Arab, Kurdish, Turk, Armenian, Massacres, Genocide, Christianity, Religious persecution, Political demonstrations, International relations, Politics, Conflict management, War, Armenian Massacre, Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916, Politics & Policy, Law, History, Documentation of Crimes, International Response, Arabs, Turkish, Armenians, 20th Century in World History...
Ottoman Empire and Armenia (1914-1922), Arab, Kurdish, Turk, Armenian, Massacres, Genocide, Christianity, Religious persecution, Political demonstrations, International relations, Politics, Conflict management, War, Armenian Massacre, Ottoman Empire, 1915-1916, Politics & Policy, Law, History, Documentation of Crimes, International Response, Arabs, Turkish, Armenians, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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