The psychology of genocide, massacres, and extreme violence: why "normal" people come to commit atrocities
Historical background of massacre : the crusades and the concept of "holy war" to rationalize violence -- 20th century genocides : focused extinction of a people versus extreme aggression as an instrument of control -- Genocide : Armenia, the Holomodor, Cambodia , Rwanda, the killing field...
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Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Westport, Conn. [u.a.]
Praeger Security International
2007
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En: | Año: 2007 |
Edición: | 1. publ. |
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Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 2612 |
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Sumario: | Historical background of massacre : the crusades and the concept of "holy war" to rationalize violence -- 20th century genocides : focused extinction of a people versus extreme aggression as an instrument of control -- Genocide : Armenia, the Holomodor, Cambodia , Rwanda, the killing fields Bosnia -- The Holocaust -- Massacres : the rape of Nanking , My Lai, El Mozote, and Sand Creek -- Lynchings -- Prison riots -- Societal transitions -- Individual transitions to evil -- Forensics of war -- Individual differences in susceptibility to transition |
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Notas: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-190) and index |
Descripción Física: | XII, 199 S. 25 cm |
ISBN: | 0275990001 9780275990008 |