Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention
- ISBN-10
- 0230516912
- ISBN-13
- 9780230516915
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 334
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008-03-15
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Author
- John Cooper
Description
This book is the first complete biography of Raphael Lemkin, the father of the United Nations Genocide Convention, based on his papers; and shows how his campaign for an international treaty succeeded. In addition, the book covers Lemkin's inauguration of the historical study of past genocides.
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