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Raphael Lemkin and the Struggle for the Genocide Convention
About this book
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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Table of contents
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Formative Years in Poland
- 2 Escape from Poland
- 3 Early Years in the United States
- 4 The Publication of His Master Work and the Nuremberg Tribunal
- 5 The United Nations Resolution on Genocide
- 6 1947, The First Draft of the Convention
- 7 Private Life
- 8 Yale and Geneva
- 9 Paris, Preliminary Discussion of the Convention
- 10 The First Reading of the Convention
- 11 The Convention is Adopted
- 12 The International Campaign for Ratification of the Convention
- 13 The United States Senate and the Convention
- 14 The Genocide Convention: Its Supporters and Enemies
- 15 The History of Genocide
- 16 The History of Genocide: Case Studies
- 17 Closing Years
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index