Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust by Robert Melson

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In a study that compares the major attempts at genocide in world history, Robert Melson creates a sophisticated framework that links genocide to revolution and war. He focuses on the plights of Jews after the fall of Imperial Germany and of Armenians after the fall of the Ottoman as well as attempted genocides in the Soviet Union and Cambodia. He argues that genocide often is the end result of a complex process that starts when revolutionaries smash an old regime and, in its wake, try to construct a society that is pure according to ideological standards.

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Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and Jews in Imperial Germany had survived as ethnic and religious minorities until they suffered mass destruction when the regimes were engulfed by war and revolution. In this comparative history, the author searches for understanding of the mainsprings of the Holocaust and genocide, establishing a conceptual framework that links genocide to revolution. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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