num_pages: 386
description: 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.
language: English
title: Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust
titlecomplete: Revolution and Genocide: On the Origins of the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust
genres: History
ratings_count: 33
awards: name: PIOOM Award
category: Research on Root Causes of Human Rights Violations
publisher: University of Chicago Press