Century of Genocide: Eyewitness Accounts and Critical Views

Totten, Samuel, Parsons, William S., and Charny, Israel W., editors.
New York and London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1997, 488 pages. ISBN 0-8153-2353.

"It is entirely natural to care the most deeply about one's self and one's own people, and to care more intensely for some other peoples with whom one feels a more immediate kinship, but ultimately the challenge of human development, both for the benefit of individual mental health and happiness and for the benefit of humanity, is for more people to care about all human life."

Description:
Focusing on the major atrocities of the twentieth century, this book provides accurate and verifiable historical information on how and why particular genocides were committed. Each essay in this collection is accompanied by excerpts from personal accounts of survivors that vividly remind us that the statistics and plain facts represent men, women, and children who were persecuted and killed. Since each contributor addresses the same questions and issues, the essays provide a unified framework for analyzing and comparing the various historical events.

Sample Chapters:

• Charny, Israel W., Which Genocide Matters More? Learning to Care about Humanity
• Adalian, Rouben P., The Armenian Genocide
• Mace, James E., Soviet Man-Made Famine in Ukraine
• Niewyk, Donald L., Holocaust: The Jews
• Milton, Sybil, Holocaust: The Gypsies
• Kiernan, Ben, The Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979
• Lemarchand, Rene, The Rwanda Genocide