The specter of genocide: mass murder in historical perspective

1. Study of Mass Murder and Genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan

2. Twentieth-Century Genocides: Underlying Ideological Themes from Armenia to East Timor / Ben Kiernan

3. Modernity of Genocides: War, Race, and Revolution in the Twentieth Century / Eric D. Weitz

4. Seeking the Roots of Modern Genocide: On the Macro- and Microhistory of Mass Murder / Omer Bartov

5. Genocide and the Body Politic in the Time of Modernity / Marie Fleming

6. Genocides of Indigenous Peoples: Rhetoric of Human Rights / Elazar Barkan

7. Military Culture and the Production of "Final Solutions" in the Colonies: The Example of Wilhelminain Germany / Isabel V. Hull

8. "Encirclement and Annihilation": The Indonesian Occupation of East Timor / John G. Taylor

9. Under Cover of War: The Armenian Genocide in the Context of Total War / Jay Winter

10. Mechanism of a Mass Crime: The Great Terror in the Soviet Union, 1937-1938 / Nicolas Werth

11. Third Reich, the Holocaust, and Visions of Serial Genocide / Robert Gellately

12. Reflections on Modern Japanese History in the Context of the Concept of Genocide / Gavan McCormack

13. "When the World Turned to Chaos": 1965 and Its Aftermath in Bali, Indonesia / Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma

14. Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia / Edward Kissi

15. Modern Genocide in Rwanda: Ideology, Revolution, War, and Mass Murder in an African State / Robert Melson

16. History, Motive, Law, Intent: Combining Historical and Legal Methods in Understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 Genocide / Greg Grandin

17. Analysis of a Mass Crime: Ethic Cleansing in the Former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 / Jacques Semelin

18. Investigating Genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan

App. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Introduction. The mass murder and genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan

Pt. I. Genocide and modernity. Twentieth century genocides: underlying ideological themes from Armenia to East Timor / Ben Kiernan

The modernity of genocides: war, race, and revolution in the twentieth century / Eric D. Weitz

Seeking the roots of modern genocide: on the macro- and microhistory of mass murder / Omer Bartov

Genocide and the body politic in the time of modernity / Marie Fleming

Pt. II. Indigenous peoples and colonial issues. Genocides of indigenous peoples: rhetoric of human rights / Elazar Barkan

Military culture and the production of "final solutions" in the colonies: the example of Wilhelminian Germany / Isabel V. Hull

"Encirclement and annihilation": the Indonesian occupation of East Timor / John G. Taylor

Pt. III. The era of the two World Wars. Under cover of war: the Armenian genocide in the context of total war / Jay Winter

The mechanism of a mass crime: the great terror in the Soviet Union, 1937-1938 / Nicolas Werth

The Third Reich, the Holocaust and visions of serial genocide / Robert Gellately

Reflections on modern Japanese history in the context of the concept of genocide / Gavan McCormack

Pt. 4. Genocide and mass murder since 1945. "When the world turned to chaos": 1965 and its aftermath in Bali, Indonesia / Leslie Dwyer and Degung Santikarma

Genocide in Cambodia and Ethiopia / Edward Kissi

Modern genocide in Rwanda: ideology, revolution, war, and mass murder in an African state / Robert Melson

History, motive, law, intent: combining historical and legal methods in understanding Guatemala's 1981-1983 genocide / Greg Grandin

Analysis of a mass crime: ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1999 / Jacques Semelin

Conclusions. Investigating genocide / Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan

Appendix. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.