Encountering Genocide: Personal Accounts from Victims, Perpetrators, and Witnesses

Cutting-edge in its scope and approach, this unique volume offers first-person accounts of modern genocides to enable readers to more fully examine genocidal experiences and better understand the horror of such events.

• Examines 10 modern genocides that occurred between 1904 and 2004

• Conveys the story of each genocide through primary source documents that detail historical and contemporary contexts

• Addresses not only the reality of modern genocides but also the consequences and impact on individuals

• Challenges the readers to look more carefully into the historic details of the genocide under discussion, fostering critical thinking and research

• Enables students and other readers to empathize more directly with the reality of massive human rights violations