A rhetorical crime :: genocide in the geopolitical discourse of the Cold War /

A Rhetorical Crime shows how, over the course of the Cold War era, genocide morphed from a legal concept into a political discourse used in international propaganda battles. Through a unique comparative analysis of U.S. and Soviet statements on genocide, Weiss-Wendt investigates why their moral post...

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1. Verfasser: Weiss-Wendt, Anton, 1973- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Schriftenreihe:Genocide, political violence, human rights series.
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Online-Zugang:DE-862
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Zusammenfassung:A Rhetorical Crime shows how, over the course of the Cold War era, genocide morphed from a legal concept into a political discourse used in international propaganda battles. Through a unique comparative analysis of U.S. and Soviet statements on genocide, Weiss-Wendt investigates why their moral posturing far exceeded their humanitarian action.
Beschreibung:1 online resource
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813594675
0813594677
9780813594699
0813594693

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