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Power killsR. J. Rummel, R. Rummel et al.
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Power kills

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This volume is the most recent of a comprehensive effort by R. J. Rummel to understand and place in historical perspective the entire subject of genocide and mass murder, or what he calls democide. It is the fifth in a series of volumes in which he offers a detailed analysis of the 120,000,000 people killed as a result of government action or direct intervention. In Power Kills, Rummel offers a realistic and practical solution to war, democide, and other collective violence. Rummel observes that well-established democracies do not make war on and rarely commit lesser violence against each…

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Editions

6 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2002
    Transaction Publishers · 246 pages · 9780765805232
  • Other · English · 2017
    Taylor & Francis Group · 246 pages · 9781351497404
  • Other · English · 2017
    Taylor & Francis Group · 246 pages · 9781315127163
  • Other · English · 2017
    Taylor & Francis Group · 246 pages · 9781351497398
  • Other · English · 2017
    Taylor & Francis Group · 246 pages · 9781351497411
  • Other · English · 1997
    Transaction Publishers · 246 pages · 9781560002970
NonviolencePeaceDemocracyDémocratieNon-violencePaixPOLITICAL SCIENCEGeneral