"Ethnic Cleansing" has become one of the key terms of the fin-de-siècle. In the former territory of Yugoslavia, along the fringes of the old Soviet Empire, and in Africa, whole populations are being murdered or forced from lands they have lived on for centuries. Andrew Bell-Fialkoff explains the history of this obscene practice, tracing it from antiquity to the present and showing how, in different times and places, the most varied criteria have been used to isolate and destroy previously accepted or even completely unnoticed groups. "Cleansing" has been based on race, gender, class, sexual preference, and religion and has been a constant evil in world history. The need to understand its reemergence in the wake of communism's collapse is at the center of this important book.
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“A pioneering work that makes a major contribution to ethnic conflict resolution.” —Political Science Quarterly
“A virtual encyclopedia of humanity's ethnic inhumanity, extending from antiquity to the present.” —Choice
“A virtual encyclopedia of humanity's ethnic inhumanity, extending from antiquity to the present.” —Choice
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"...a pioneering work that makes a major contribution to ethnic conflict resolution." --Political Science Quarterly
"...a remarkable book...a virtual encyclopedia of humanity's ethnic inhumanity, extending from antiquity to the present." --Choice
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This review is from: Ethnic Cleansing (Hardcover)
This is still the most important book on the subject. The author starts with Assyrians and ends in our time. He shows that although the term may have been invented in contemporary Yugoslavia, the practice of cleansing goes back to the earliest times in history. It is an interesting, important and, occasionally, infuriating book. But it is never dull. I think it's great.
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Comparative history as it should be written,
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This controversial, well researched, and brilliantly written book addresses a challenging topic, ethnic cleansing. The author tells the story of cleansing from the earliest days to the present and elucidates the root causes of cleansing. Is it ever justified? It is a stunning book in its scope and the courage of its approach. No wonder it provoked howls of outrage from the politically correct and mentally retarded. The book will remain a challenge for a long time to come.
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This book should be culturally cleansed!,
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I picked up this book in hopes that I would better acquiant myself with the conflicts in our world. This book focuses on 10 hot spots in the world: Bosnia, Cyprus, Karabakh, Kosovo, Palestine, the former USSR, Rwanda & Burundi, Sri Lanka, Transylvania, and Ulster (Northern Ireland). The author tries to give a brief historical background (in many cases an extremely biased and uneducated view) on these regions and then tries to come up with his own solution to these problems ranging anywhere from the partition of land to population exchanges (thank goodness this guy doesn't run the UN!). My advice to everyone out there...spend your money on a better read!
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Cleansing as a state policy was probably initiated by the Assyrians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
resettlement index, boundary maintenance mechanism, victimization variable, resettlement destination, population cleansing, other ethnies, class cleansing, border rectifications, ethnoreligious communities, ethnic cousins, population removal, ethnic enmity, religious cleansing, population transfer, territorial adjustments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Central Asia, Middle East, Sudeten Germans, United Nations, Bosnian Muslims, Middle Ages, West Bank, Greek Cypriots, Soviet Russia, Turkish Cypriots, European Union, United Kingdom, Jewish National Home, League of Nations, Nazi Germany, North America, Old World, Western Europe, Alexander the Great, Bosnian Croats, Serbs of Bosnia New!
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Cleansing as a state policy was probably initiated by the Assyrians. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
resettlement index, boundary maintenance mechanism, victimization variable, resettlement destination, population cleansing, other ethnies, class cleansing, border rectifications, ethnoreligious communities, ethnic cousins, population removal, ethnic enmity, religious cleansing, population transfer, territorial adjustments Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Soviet Union, Sri Lanka, Northern Ireland, Central Asia, Middle East, Sudeten Germans, United Nations, Bosnian Muslims, Middle Ages, West Bank, Greek Cypriots, Soviet Russia, Turkish Cypriots, European Union, United Kingdom, Jewish National Home, League of Nations, Nazi Germany, North America, Old World, Western Europe, Alexander the Great, Bosnian Croats, Serbs of Bosnia New!
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