Why did they kill? : Cambodia in the shadow of genocide

Why did they kill? : Cambodia in the shadow of genocide / Alexander Laban Hinton.

Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hinton, Alexander Laban
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Series:California series in public anthropology ; 11.
Subjects:
1975-1979
Political atrocities > Cambodia.
Genocide > Cambodia.
War crimes.
HISTORY.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
War crimes
Genocide
Political atrocities
Politics and government
Genocide.
Rode Khmer.
Binnenlandse conflicten.
Cambodia > Politics and government > 1975-1979.
Cambodia
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Summary:Of all the horrors human beings perpetrate, genocide stands near the top of the list. Its toll is staggering: well over 100 million dead worldwide. Why Did They Kill? is one of the first anthropological attempts to analyze the origins of genocide. In it, Alexander Hinton focuses on the devastation that took place in Cambodia from April 1975 to January 1979 under the Khmer Rouge in order to explore why mass murder happens and what motivates perpetrators to kill.
Physical Description:1 online resource : maps.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520937949
0520937945
1417545208
9781417545209
1598750097
9781598750096
9780520241787
0520241789
9780520241794
0520241797
9786612763052
6612763051
1282763059
9781282763050
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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