General Information

Author/Creator

Dragojević, Mila, author.

Language

English.

Published

Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.

Physical Description

xvii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Contents/Summary

Summary

"This book shows how amoral communities - places where wartime violence against civilians is both tolerated and justified by the respective authorities - are created when the complementary processes of the exclusion of moderates and the production of borders connect ethnicity or other cultural identity with political orientation on the local level"--

Subjects

Subject

War and crime > Croatia > History > 20th century.

Civilians in war > Violence against > Croatia.

Political violence > Croatia > History > 20th century.

Ethnic conflict > Croatia > History > 20th century.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Croatia.

War and crime > Uganda > History > 20th century.

Civilians in war > Violence against > Uganda.

Political violence > Uganda > History > 20th century.

War and crime > Guatemala > History > 20th century.

Civilians in war > Violence against > Guatemala.

Political violence > Guatemala > History > 20th century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Mila Dragojević.

Content

The making of amoral communities -- Evidence of amoral communities -- The exclusion of moderates -- The production of borders -- Memories and violence -- Violence against civilians as a political strategy -- Conclusion: Preventing collective crimes -- Appendix: An excerpt from the field notes by Helga Paškvan.

ISBN

9781501739828

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	364.1/38 DRA		Reference	-

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