Article: The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective.(Book Review)

THE SPECTER OF GENOCIDE: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective, Robert Gellately and Ben Kiernan, eds., Cambridge University Press, New York, 2003, 396 pages, $60.00.

Genocide? Does the word define crimes of war, crimes against humanity, or ethnic cleansing? The essays in The Specter of Genocide: Mass Murder in Historical Perspective make it clear that these terms are not synonymous. Although the UN defined the term "genocide" in 1948, there is no scholarly consensus on how the other terms are defined.

Genocide is a relatively new field of study that crosses traditional academic disciplines such as history, political science, and sociology in an effort ...

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