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This outstanding comprehensive sourcebook of the worst in human behavior throughout history also includes instances of some of the best responses. It is aimed at the adult general reader but will be valuable for both specialists and older students studying the destruction of a people. The editor and contributors are broadly representative of academic experts around the world, and some of them have had extensive involvement with the subject.The 350 signed, well-documented entries, varying from 500 to 5,000 words, as appropriate, are arranged alphabetically. The topics comprise the diverse aspects of crimes against humanity - acts and consequences, cultural memory and representation, international institutions and laws. Each article is well written, balanced (such as the entry on the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps), and includes see also references and a bibliography. The set covers judicial decisions and events as recent as mid-2004. There is some overlap (for example, in treating different aspects of the crimes in the Balkans), but each entry is fresh and shows careful editing.
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encyclopedia of GENOCIDE and CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY editorial board Editor in Chief Dinah L. Shelton George Washington University Law School Associate Howard Adelman Editors Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School York University, Canada Frank Chalk Department of History, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies Alexandre Kiss French National Centre for Scientific Research William A. Schabas Irish Centre for Human Rights, National University of Ireland, Galway encyclopedia of GENOCIDE and CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY Dinah L. Shelton [ E D I T O R IN CHIEF] [T–Z • INDEX] 3 Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Again