Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention by John Cooper

Acknowledgments     vi
Introduction     1
Formative Years in Poland     6
Escape from Poland     26
Early Years in the United States     40
The Publication of His Master Work and the Nuremberg Tribunal     56
The United Nations Resolution on Genocide     76
1947, The First Draft of the Convention     88
Private Life     111
Yale and Geneva     119
Paris, Preliminary Discussion of the Convention     143
The First Reading of the Convention     151
The Convention is Adopted     164
The International Campaign for Ratification of the Convention     173
The United States Senate and the Convention     189
The Genocide Convention: Its Supporters and Enemies     209
The History of Genocide     230
The History of Genocide: Case Studies     243
Closing Years     260
Conclusion     272
Appendix     280
Notes     283
Bibliography     327
Index     331