Genocide and the Europeans - Hardcover

Smith, Karen E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052111635X ISBN 13: 9780521116350

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Review:

'Karen Smith has never ducked the big and difficult questions about European foreign policy, and in this important new study she tackles one of the most challenging of all - how to respond to the possibility of a genocide occurring in other countries. Her analysis is original, empirically rich, and morally sobering. It is the most substantial contribution to the literature on European international relations of recent years.' Christopher Hill, University of Cambridge

'Europe prides itself on being a normative power, but this remarkable book asks Europe to be humble. Smith reveals that European governments and the EU as such did little in response to repeated acts of genocide in Rwanda, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Darfur. They even failed to call 'genocide' by its name and frequently attempted to avoid obligations arising from the Genocide Convention and from the social norm against genocide. Few books on European foreign policy have been so revealing and well argued. Genocide and the Europeans is an extraordinary achievement and is strongly recommended to all students interested in European politics and international relations.' Jan Zielonka, University of Oxford

Book Description:

A unique study of the questionable responses of major European governments to purported genocides, and their attitudes towards the 1948 Genocide Convention. Karen E. Smith analyses why European governments have been reluctant to use the term genocide to describe many cases of atrocities, and to take any coercive action.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 052111635X
• ISBN 13: 9780521116350
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288