No lessons learned from the Holocaust? Assessing risks of genocide and political mass murder since 1955

American Political Science Review

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-73

  Harff, Barbara ^a  

^a UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

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EID: 0037310616     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055403000522     Document Type: Review

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