Encyclopedia of War Crimes and Genocide (Facts on File Library of World History) - Hardcover

Leslie Alan Horvitz; Christopher Catherwood

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816060010 ISBN 13: 9780816060016

Publisher: Facts on File, 2006

Synopsis

This A-to-Z encyclopedia examines the entire history of crimes against humanity, during both wartime and peacetime. With more than 450 entries, the encyclopedia covers a wide range of relevant topics: human rights, war criminals, trials of war crimes, examples of genocide, international organizations and international law concerning war crimes, and more. Also included is a primary resources section of documents vital to understanding this subject.
Coverage includes: Amnesty International, apartheid, Armenian genocide, Babi Yar, Klaus Barbie, biological weapons, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Cambodia, collateral damage, conflict diamonds, Darfur, Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier, El Salvador, ethnic cleansing, Freedom House, Geneva Conventions, ghost prisoners, gulags, Human Rights Convention, Saddam Hussein, International Committee of the Red Cross, My Lai massacre, North Korea, Pol Pot, Rwanda, Shining Path, slavery, Taliban, Desmond Tutu, and Simon Wiesenthal.

About this title

About the Author:

Christopher Catherwood is currently teaches at the Universities of Cambridge and Richmond.

From Booklist:

This concise, wide-ranging 450-entry resource covers crimes against humanity and peace and human-rights violations. It includes events on all continents, past and present, with entries for perpetrator, activists, countries, organizations, treaties, and terms. The years of birth and, when relevant, death are noted for individuals, along with a brief identifying phrase before the entry text. Entries range from one paragraph to five pages for War criminals of the former Yugoslavia.

The book is accurate when compared with other resources. It is enhanced by a list of entries at the beginning, some black-and-white photos, cross-references within and after entries, further reading at the end of entries (including 2005 titles), eight key primary documents, worldwide resource agencies, a substantial selected bibliography, and an accurate, if incomplete, index.

Macmillan's Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes against Humanity (2004) has 350 entries in three volumes. Surprisingly, the Macmillan work does not have entries on Wouter Basson, the South African doctor implicated in germ warfare, or the massacre in Oradour, the worst massacre in France during World War II--both are found in the current volume. This work also has more current information and bibliographies; for example, the entries Darfur and Iraq, human rights violations in post-Saddam are current through 2005 and include 2004 titles among their further readings. The larger work does have a glossary and a filmography, missing from the new resource, as well as 190 pages of primary documents, compared to 53.

The work under review is an excellent choice for public and academic libraries, especially if they do not already own the Macmillan encyclopedia. Arthur Meyers
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About this edition

• Publisher: Facts on File
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0816060010
• ISBN 13: 9780816060016
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 582