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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Main Author: Weiss-Wendt, Anton, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Series:Genocide, political violence, human rights series.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813594675
0813594677
9780813594699
0813594693

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