The Kurds

Overview

Features & Benefits

• The histories of nations across the globe are marked by dark periods of mass murder, brutal repression, and unrelenting persecution.
• Remembering and understanding such incidents is vitally important.
• The Genocide and Persecution series offers students and other readers a multitude of perspectives, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of these complex and horrific periods in world history.
• Each volume is an anthology of previously published materials on acts of genocide, crimes against humanity, and other instances of extreme persecution.
• Individual volumes address an event or series of events in a nation, region, or people's history, and include historical background, writings about the relevant issues and controversies, and first-person narratives.
• By providing primary sources, as well as analysis of crucial issues, these volumes help develop critical thinking skills and encourage global connections
• they also support key curriculum standards in a variety of areas, including history, English language arts and social science.
• The text is enhanced by an annotated table of contents
• a foreword written by an expert in the field of genocide studies
• a chronology
• detailed illustrations and photographs
• features for classroom use, including analytical exercises, writing prompts, and group activities
• a glossary
• an annotated list of organizations to contact
• an annotated list of reports, treaties, resolutions, and judicial decisions
• a bibliography
• and a comprehensive subject index.
• Those who study genocide, crimes against humanity, and persecution struggle to comprehend and explain the enormity and brutality of such acts.
• The Genocide and Persecution series explores events from many angles, equipping readers with the tools to achieve a greater understanding of these atrocities.