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Genocide
Genocide can be defined as acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group. Author Linda Jacobs Altman examines genocide throughout the ages, focusing especially on the Holocaust, forced famine in the Ukraine under Stalin, war against the American Indians, Cambodia's killing fields, and such recent examples as conflicts in Bosnia and Darfur. She looks at what causes this horrific practice and what might be done to avert it in the future.
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Issues in Focus Today series. Written to stimulate thoughtful reflection and discussion, these books examine different sides of the many questions surrounding genocide and abortion; Genocide has been revised and expanded. The short, accessible chapters are accompanied by stock photographs, sidebars, and some diagrams in an uninspired design. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind., The Horn Book Guide Summer 2009
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6-7 IL
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6-12+ GRL
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