Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
The world's bloodiest history : massacre, genocide, and the scars they left on civilization
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Crestline
Place
Date
2013
Physical Description
320 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780785830566
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
1. "Carthage must be destroyed!": The first genocide, 146 BCE
2. "We have torn our hair with grief": The Massacre of the Mexica, 1521
3. Blood in the name of God: The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, August 24, 1572
4. "The ghastliest forms that were ever seen alive": The Black Hole of Calcutta, 1756
5. "A shriek of blank despair": The Mountain Meadows Massacre, Utah, 1857
6. "I long to be wading in gore": The Sand Creek Massacre, 1864
7. A bloody Easter Sunday: The Colfax Massacre, Louisiana, 1873
8. Martyrs' Day: The Armenian Genocide, 1915-1917
9. "If I had not seen it with my own eyes": The Rape of Nanking, China, 1937
10. Wolves at the grave: Katyn Forest, April-May, 1940
11. "The Ravine of Women": Babi Yar, September 29-30, 1941
12. "Machte alle Kaput": The Malmedy Massacre, December 17, 1944
13. "The greatest stillness:" Massacre at Sharpeville, South Africa, March 21, 1960
14. "This Nazi kind of thing": Massacre at My Lai , March 16, 1968
15. Terror in the Year Zero: The Cambodian Genocide, 1975-1979
16. The bloody Gate of Heavenly Peace: Massacre at Tiananmen Square, June 3-4, 1989
17. One hundred days of hell: The Rwandan Genocide, April-July, 1994
18. "Allah can't help you now": Massacre at Srebrenica, July 1995.
Public Access Text
First published in the USA in 2010 by Fair Winds Press, Beverly, MA. This edition published by arrangement with Fair Winds Press. Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-309) and index.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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