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RR 2014/086 Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia Edited by Alexander Mikaberidze ABC-Clio Santa Barbara, CA 2013 ISBN 978 1 59884 926 4 URL: www.abc-clio.com/ product.aspx?isbn = 9781598849257 Last visited October 2013 Contact publisher for pricing information Also available as a 2 vol. printed set (ISBN 9781 59884 925 7 £119 $189)
Keywords Encyclopedias, History, Massacres, War crimes
Review DOI 10.1108/RR-11 -2013-0271
Covering a span from the Asiatic Vespers in 88BCE through 2012's Houla Massacre in Syria, editor Alexander Mikaberidze, the Hubert D. Humphreys Professor of History at Louisiana State University, brings together more than 200 contributing scholars in Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia to describe some of the most horrifying events in human history. Mikaberidze's Introduction is several pages in length, and gives an overview of the difficult events and subjects covered, as well as a hope that this work "will play some role in informing new generations of the pitfalls of the past so we can be more caring and appreciative of the...