Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions, Edited by George J. Andreopoulos (softcover)

“Genocide: Conceptual and Historical Dimensions” explores both the historical roots of genocide and the implications for current and future international action. The authors first examine the legal and social-theoretical criteria by which mass killings have been categorized as genocide and debate the extent to which various definitions. Four case studies are explored in depth: the mass killings of the Armenians under the Ottoman Empire (Richard G. Hovannisian), the Turkish suppression of the Kurds and the Iraqi chemical warfare waged against its Kurdish population, the plight of the East Timorese after the Indonesian invasion, and the brutal fate of the Cambodians under Khmer Rouge rule.