Purify and Destroy

Purify and Destroy
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 462
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ISBN-10 : 9780231142823
ISBN-13 : 023114282X
Rating : 4/5 (82X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Purify and Destroy by : Jacques Sémelin

Download or read book Purify and Destroy written by Jacques Sémelin and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Review: "Purify and Destroy demonstrates that it is indeed possible to compare the Holocaust, the Rwandan genocide, and ethnic cleansing in Bosnia Herzegovina while respecting the specificities of each of these appalling phenomena." "Based on seminal distinction between massacre and genocide, Purify and Destroy identifies the main steps of a general process of destruction, both rational and irrational, born of what Semelin terms "delusional rationality." Semelin identifies the main stages that can lead to a genocidal process, and explains how ordinary people can become perpetrators."--Jacket


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