Defining the Horrific : Readings on Genocide and Holocaust in the 20th Century

PREFACE Horrific Crimes ix INTRODUCTION Defining the Horrific 1(37) Genocide Diane E. Orentlicher, 2(4) Contested Meanings and Conflicting Imperatives: A Conceptual Analysis of Genocide Scott Straus, 6(18) When and Why to Use the Term Democide for "Genocide" R.J. Rummel, 24(5) Defining Genocide: Defining History? Deborah Harris, 29(9) CHAPTER 1 Close to Home: Native American Genocide 38(25) The Pequot War Reconsidered Steven T. Katz, 39(8) "Nits Make Lice" The Extermination of North American Indians, 1607-1996 Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Cherokee), 47(16) CHAPTER 2 What Is Yours Is Mine: Colonialism 63(32) The Dust Rose Like Smoke: The Subjugation of the Zulu and the Sioux James O. Gump, 65(13) King Leopold's "Heart of Darkness" Adam Hochschild, 78(3) The Tribe Germany Wants to Forget Regina Jere-Malanda, 81(6) A History of Horror: A Review of Le Siècle des Camps Joel Kotek and Pierre Rigoulot, 87(8) CHAPTER 3 The Almost Forgotten Genocide: Armenia 95(33) The Armenian Genocide: Context and Legacy Rouben Adalian, 96(8) The Armenian Genocide and Patterns of Denial Richard G. Hovannisian, 104(15) The Armenian Genocide Robert E. Melson, 119(9) CHAPTER 4 Death by Hunger: Ukraine 128(14) The Great Famine-Genocide in Soviet Ukraine (Holodomor): The Ninth Circle by Olexa Woropay: Editor's Introduction James E. Mace, 129(5) A Tale of Truth and Two Journalists: Malcolm Muggeridge and Walter Duranty Ian Hunter, 134(2) The Last Stand of The Ukrainian Famine-Genocide Deniers Roman Serbyn, 136(6) CHAPTER 5 The Holocaust 142(33) The Holocaust: An Historical Overview Franklin Bialystock, 143(8) There Are No Wise Men in Chelm: A Journey of Conscience to Poland, Spring 2002 Dr. Saul S. Friedman, 151(9) O Baro Porrajmos-The Romani Holocaust Ian Hancock, 160(6) Long Shadows: Truth, Lies and History Erna Paris, 166(9) CHAPTER 6 Myths and History: Manchuria 175(11) The "Rape of Nanking" Freelance writer, 176(4) Japanese Scientists Conducted Biological Research Experiments on Human Subjects in the Isolated Region of Manchuria Andrew J. Swanger, 180(6) CHAPTER 7 There Are Bombs, and There Are Bombs: Hiroshima 186(24) Hiroshima and Royan Howard Zinn, 187(13) Missing the Target Tony Capaccio, Uday Mohan, 200(10) CHAPTER 8 Death by Hunger Reprise: China 210(9) The Greatest Famine in History (1959-1961) Jean-Louis Margolin, 211(8) CHAPTER 9 Rwanda, Sudan, Angola Case Studies: Post-Colonial Africa 219(20) Rwanda-The Genocide Mark Huband, 220(3) Sudan-Civil War and Genocide Francis M. Deng, 223(9) Angola Preliminary Report, Determination: Not Genocidal in Nature Genocide Prevention Center, 232(7) CHAPTER 10 With Friends Like These... Case Studies: Argentina and Guatemala 239(20) Argentina: The Military Juntas and Human Rights, Report of the Trial of the Former Junta Members 1985 Amnesty International, 241(6) Reagan & Guatemala's Death Files Robert Parry, 247(8) Guatemalan Army Waged "Genocide," New Report Finds Mireya Navarro, 255(4) CHAPTER 11 Cambodian "Autogenocide" 259(10) Cambodia Sydney Schanberg, 260(5) Pol Pot David Chandler, 265(4) CHAPTER 12 Case Studies: Indonesia, East Timor, and Bangladesh 269(27) Genocide in Indonesia, 1965-1966 Robert Gribb, 270(16) Case Study: Genocide in Bangladesh, 1971 Adam Jones, 286(5) Good and Bad Genocide: Double Standards in Coverage of Suharto and Pol Pot Edward S. Herman, 291(5) CHAPTER 13 Ethnic Cleansing: Bosnia 296(23) Bosnia Florence Hartmann, 297(4) Middle Managers of Genocide Ed Vulliamy, 301(5) Bosnia: First Genocide Verdict May Bolster Other Cases Kathleen Knox, 306(2) The Rational Destruction of Yugoslavia Michael Parenti, 308(11) CHAPTER 14 A Tough Neighborhood: The Middle East Iraq 319(20) Case Study: The Anfal Campaign (Iraqi Kurdistan), 1988 Adam Jones, 320(8) Anfal: The Kurdish Genocide in Iraq, Iraq and the Kurds: A Bibliographic Essay Khaled Salih, 328(10) Sanctions Against Iraq Are Genocide George Bisharat, 338(1) Israelis and Palestinians 339(14) Palestinians Under Siege Edward Said, 340(10) No Tolerance for Genocide Caroline B. Glick, 350(3) CHAPTER 15 Bastard Child of the Cold War: North Korea 353(19) The Politics of Famine in North Korea Andrew Natsios, 354(13) Control of the Population Pierre Rigoulot, 367(2) The Koreas: Is North Korea Stalinist? Aidan Foster-Carter, 369(3) CHAPTER 16 Epilogue: Commission by Omission 372 Never Again: The World's Most Unfulfilled Promise Samantha Power, 373(5) Murder Most Foul: For Genocide to Retain Its Unique Legal Standing, We Must Use the Label with Care Bruce Fein, 378(4) Universal Social Theory and the Denial of Genocide: Norman Itzkowitz Revisited Hank Theriault, 382