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Resisting Genocide: The Multiple Forms of Rescue
Andrieu
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Description for Resisting Genocide: The Multiple Forms of Rescue
Hardback. Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its victims. This book investigates the courageous individuals who stand against the tide of mass killing and risk their lives to save the victims of genocide. Editor(s): Semelin, Jacques; Andrieu, Claire; Gensburger, Sarah. Num Pages: 456 pages, maps. BIC Classification: HBTZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 223 x 39. Weight in Grams: 822.
Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its would be victims. Based on three case studies - the genocides of the Armenians, the Jews and the Rwandese Tutsi - this book is the first international comparative and multidisciplinary attempt to make rescue an object of research, while breaking free of the notion of 'The Righteous Among the Nations'. The result is an exceptionally rich and disturbing volume. While it is impossible to distill or describe what makes an individual into a rescuer, acts ... Read more
Every genocide in history has been notable for the minority of brave individuals and groups who put their own lives at risk to rescue its would be victims. Based on three case studies - the genocides of the Armenians, the Jews and the Rwandese Tutsi - this book is the first international comparative and multidisciplinary attempt to make rescue an object of research, while breaking free of the notion of 'The Righteous Among the Nations'. The result is an exceptionally rich and disturbing volume. While it is impossible to distill or describe what makes an individual into a rescuer, acts ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
456
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849040594
SKU
V9781849040594
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About Andrieu
Jacques Semelin is Professor of Political Science and Modern history and Senior Researcher at CERI Sciences Po-CNRS, Paris. He holds a PhD in contemporary history from the Sorbonne (1986) and a post-graduate degree in psychopathology from Universite Paris V. A former post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University, Center for International Affairs (1986-1988), he is the founder and scientific director of the ... Read more
Reviews for Resisting Genocide: The Multiple Forms of Rescue
'A unique offering among the literature on genocides - of the highest quality - the scholarship is impeccable.'
Gerard Prunier, author of The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide
'Intellectually stimulating, engaging, and thought-provoking ... the study offers a fresh analytical perspective and a novel set of cross- disciplinary questions about rescue. It includes impressive, first-class scholarship.'
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Gerard Prunier, author of The Rwanda Crisis: History of a Genocide
'Intellectually stimulating, engaging, and thought-provoking ... the study offers a fresh analytical perspective and a novel set of cross- disciplinary questions about rescue. It includes impressive, first-class scholarship.'
... Read more