A needed measure of clarity...[Naimark] imbeds ethnic cleansing in
the history of 20th-century Europe...[and] undercuts the standard
wisdom that holds ancient enmities responsible for atrocities
perpetrated in the modern era...Students of history and
international relations are indebted to professor Naimark for [his]
sobering insights.--James R. Holmes"Library Journal"
(11/15/2000)
As Norman M. Naimark observes...with broad enough standards the
'ethnic cleansing' label can be affixed to events as disparate as
the destruction of Carthage, the crusade against the Albigensians,
the expulsion of Jews from Spain, the Spanish conquest of the Incas
and Aztecs, and the expulsion of Indians from tribal lands in the
United States...He objects that such a catchall approach fails to
explain current events in useful terms...Naimark
provides...disturbing details--and much other cause for sad
reflection.--Anatole Shub"New Leader" (01/01/2001)
What strands link the last century's bloody spasms of ethnic
cleansing--from the Armenian genocide and the Holocaust to Bosnia
and Kosovo? Stanford University historian Naimark argues ethnic
cleansing is a profoundly twentieth-century phenomenon, not a
product of 'ancient hatreds'...The ugliness of ethnic
cleansing--its violence and brutality, its misogyny and totality,
its effort to eradicate every trace of 'the other'--poses unique
challenges to an international community reluctant to intervene in
the internal affairs of a sovereign nation state.--Mary
Carroll"Booklist" (01/01/2001)
challenges to an international community reluctant to intervene in
the internal affairs of a sovereign nation state.
modern era...Students of history and international relations are
indebted to professor Naimark for [his] sobering insights.
provides...disturbing details--and much other cause for sad
reflection.
A needed measure of clarity...ÝNaimark¨ imbeds ethnic cleansing in
the history of 20th-century Europe...Ýand¨ undercuts the standard
wisdom that holds ancient enmities responsible for atrocities
perpetrated in the modern era...Students of history and
international relations are indebted to professor Naimark for Ýhis¨
sobering insights. -- James R. Holmes "Library Journal"
(11/15/2000)
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