Edited by Samuel Totten and Steven Leonard Jacobs

From the early efforts to study genocide that emerged in the struggle against Nazism, over the past 50 years, the academic field has now reached the point where there are at least five genocide centers across the globe. This volume emerged out of an oral history project, designed to let a new generation of scholars assess the true history of genocide to try and find ways to prevent genocide.

The editors of this volume emphasize that contributors should approach the questions of greatest relevance in a personal way, crafting a statement that reveals one's individual voice, persuasions, literary style, scholarly perspectives, and relevant details of one's life. The book highlights those goals, creating one of the best collections of autobiographical writing on the issue of genocide. The portrait that emergence enhances the usefulness of the volume for those new to the field.

Essays in the volume include entries from political scientists, historians, sociologists, lawyers, psychologists, and theologians.

580 pages, hard cover

ISBN# 0765801515