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A 3 page research paper that is the introduction to a much longer paper. This paper, however, addresses the topic of genocidal studies and its basic history and application. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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II era (Rubinstein, 2004). During the past several decades, genocide studies has arisen as a new trend in historical study. This scholarship demonstrates that genocide has become an issue of
extreme importance during the last century and particularly in the 1990s. The following examination of this global issue focuses first on his history and theoretical models that have been proposed
thus far, including competing viewpoints within this field, but then specifically examines how this issue has impacted the African country of Rwanda. It can be argued that genocide has
become so prevalent in the contemporary world that it approaches being defined as global trend. In 2001, Xanana Gusmao, an East Timorese leader, accused the Indonesian government of genocide (Collins,
2001). This came just months after ethnic cleansing in Kosovo was denounced as genocide. Furthermore, there was the Ogoni crisis in Nigeria in 1995 and the agony of Rwanda, marking
the 1990s as the "decade of genocide" (Collins, 2001, p. 176). Not surprisingly, the field of genocide studies grew tremendously during this time. While Turkish authorities continue to block access
to Ottoman archives, research into the Armenian genocide of the early twentieth century is ongoing (Naimark, 2005). Furthermore, the fall of the Soviet Union as given impetus into investigations into
the mass murders that marked Stalins regime (Naimark, 2005). Within genocide studies, the actions, reactions and motivations of perpetrators, victims, and bystanders are the focus of study (Ehrenreich and
Cole, 2005). The model discussed by Ehrenreich and Cole (2005) is instructive for understanding the dynamics of what occurs during a genocidal campaign. For example, these scholars point out that
perpetrators are enormously interested in finding the fastest possible means of identifying, separating, confiscating and destroying the victim group. A rapid rate of destruction is advantageous to the perpetrators because
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