| Rape: Weapon of War and Genocide Contributor(s): Rittner, Carol (Author) |
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ISBN: 1557788987 ISBN-13: 9781557788986 Publisher: Paragon House Publishers OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sexual Abuse & Harassment - Social Science | Violence In Society - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 364.153 |
| LCCN: 2012012878 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Here is a volume that cries out to be read by everyone. It is filled with texts of terror that must be heard if the human community is truly to respond Never again! --Margaret A. Farley, Gilbert L. Stark Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics, Yale University Divinity School. . . One of the most nuanced, illuminating, and grimly engaging volumes on rape and mass violence yet published. -- Adam Jones, Executive Director, Gendercide Watch, Author, Genocide: A Comprehensive Introduction Carol Rittner and John K. Roth have brought together a range of very powerful contributions on rape in war and genocide . . . Each chapter deals very personally with the agony of rape and the challenges it poses to male behavior, international law, and political action. -- Hugo Slim, Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Ethics, Law, and Armed Conflict, University of Oxford, Author, Killing Civilians: Method, Madness and Morality in WarResist the urge to put this book down. It . . . calls us to listen to the living and the dead, to their words and their silence. -- Doris L. Bergen, Chancellor Rose and Ray Wolfe Professor of Holocaust Studies, University of Toronto, Author, War and Genocide: A Concise History of the Holocaust |