The world's bloodiest history
Subtitle: massacre, genocide, and the scars they left on civilization
By: Joseph Cummins.
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Beverly, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781592334025
Subjects: Massacres -- History; Massacres -- Social aspects -- History; War and society -- History; History -- Anecdotes; Military history -- Anecdotes
Genres: Anecdotes
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Roman destruction of Carthage, 146 B.C.E.; title: Massacre of the Mexica, New Spain, 1521; title: St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, France, 1572; title: The Black Hole of Calcutta, India, 1756; title: The Boston Massacre, British Colonies, 1770; title: Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857; title: The Sand Creek Massacre, Colorado, 1864; title: The Colfax Massacre, Louisiana, 1873; title: The Armenian Massacre, 1915-1917; title: The Nanking Massacre, China, 1937; title: Massacre at Babi Yar, Ukraine, 1941; title: The Malmedy Massacre, Belgium, 1944; title: Sharpeville Massacre, South Africa, 1960; title: The My Lai Massacre, Vietnam, 1968; title: The Cambodian Genocide, 1975-1979; title: Tiananmen Square Massacre, China, 1989; title: The Rwandan Genocide, 1994; title: Srebrenica Massacre, Bosnia, 1995; title: Massacre at Srebrenica, July 1995.