Book Description: Unlike Widely Reported Genocides - Such As Those In Nazi Germany, Rwanda, And Cambodia - Some Atrocities Remain Unacknowledged, Denied, And Excluded From History Textbooks. Yet, The Buried Past Is Important. Not Only Because Perpetrators Of Gross Human Rights Violations Should Be Held Accountable, But Also Because Victims And Their Descendants Warrant Recognition. Unacknowledged Atrocities Breed Resentment, Taint The Collective Identity Of A Nation, And Cause Divisions When Future Generations Challenge The Sanitized Versions Of History. Official Silence About Past Misdeeds Suggests Complicity And Promotes Impunity. Above All, Non-acknowledgment Prevents Learning From Past Injustices. Hushed Voices Analyzes 15 Key Cases Of Forgotten Mass Political Violence From Around The World. These Include: A) In Africa: Zanzibar, Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi, Biafra, The Algerian Harkis, And The Mau Mau Anti-colonial Rebellion; B) In The Middle East: Armenia, The Palestinian Nakba, And Hama In Syria; C) In Asia: Suharto's Slaughter Of Half A Million Indonesians, Imperial Japan, And Gujarati Hindu Nationalism; D) In Europe: The Ukrainian Holdomor, The Spanish Civil War, Dresden, And The Ethnic Cleansing Of Germans In Poland And Czechoslovakia After World War Ii. Theories Of Ethnic Conflict, Reconciliation, Truth Commissions, And Post-conflict Reconstruction Are Reviewed In The Book's Conclusion. Introduction / Heribert Adam -- Robert Mugabe's Gukurahundi / Sheila Paoli -- Nightmare In Paradise: The 1964 Zanzibar Revolution And Genocide / Sandra Lockwood -- Unpacking The Mau Mau Rebellion / Salima Charnia -- The Biafran War For Independence: Nigeria In The 1960s / Patricia Kelly -- The Algerian Harkis: Témoignages D'une Histoire Cachée / Dylan Van Der Schyff -- Unmarked Graves And Old Wounds: The Spanish Civil War / Michael Donovan -- Blind Spot: The Allied Bombing Of Dresden / Scott-ryan Abt -- Broken Promises And Blind Eyes: The Expulsion Of Ethnic Germans From Czechoslovakia And Poland After World War Ii / Lianna Laberge -- No One Else To Ask: Investigating The Ukrainian Holodomor / Jean Kosar -- The G-word: Why Turks And Armenians Can't Talk / Karen Devito -- Syria: Hama Massacre / Omar Ilsley -- Israel: Stillborn Nation / Dale Darychuk -- The 2002 Massacre Of Gujarati Muslims: The Violent Face Of Hindu Nationalism / Vinit Khosla -- Shadow Play: Political Mass Murder And The 1965 Indonesian Coup / Elaine Brière -- Comfort Women: Sexual Slaves Of The Imperial Japanese Military / Linda Elaine Vogt Turner -- Conclusions / Heribert Adam. Edited By Heribert Adam. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 203-214) And Index.

Adam, Heribert

Highclere, Berkshire: Berkshire Academic Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

1st ed, Highclere, Berkshire, UK, ©2011

1. edition, Highclere, Berkshire, 2011

Highclere, Berkshire, 2010

British First, PS, 2011

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214) and index.

Unlike widely reported genocides - such as those in Nazi Germany, Rwanda, and Cambodia - some atrocities remain unacknowledged, denied, and excluded from history textbooks. Yet, the buried past is important. Not only because perpetrators of gross human rights violations should be held accountable, but also because victims and their descendants warrant recognition. Unacknowledged atrocities breed resentment, taint the collective identity of a nation, and cause divisions when future generations challenge the sanitized versions of history. Official silence about past misdeeds suggests complicity and promotes impunity. Above all, non-acknowledgement prevents learning from past injustices. Hushed Voices - now in paperback - analyzes 15 key cases of forgotten mass political violence from around the world. These a) in Zanzibar, Zimbabwe's Gukurahundi, Biafra, the Algerian Harkis, and the Mau Mau anti-colonial rebellion; b) in the Middle Armenia, the Palestinian Nakba, and Hama in Syria; c) in Suharto's slaughter of half a million Indonesians, Imperial Japan, and Gujarati Hindu nationalism; d) in the Ukrainian Holdomor, the Spanish Civil War, Dresden, and the ethnic cleansing of Germans in Poland and Czechoslovakia after World War II. Theories of ethnic conflict, reconciliation, truth commissions, and post-conflict reconstruction are reviewed in the book's conclusion.

xxiii, 216 p. : 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214) and index
Introduction / Heribert Adam -- Robert Mugabe's Gukurahundi / Sheila Paoli -- Nightmare in paradise : the 1964 Zanzibar revolution and genocide / Sandra Lockwood -- Unpacking the "Mau Mau" rebellion / Salima Charnia -- The Biafran War for Independence : Nigeria in the 1960s / Patricia Kelly -- The Algerian Harkis : temoignages d'une histoire cachee / Dylan van der Schyff -- Unmarked graves and old wounds : the Spanish Civil War / Michael Donovan -- Blind spot : the Allied bombing of Dresden / Scott-Ryan Abt -- Broken promises and blind eyes : the expulsion of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia and Poland after World War II / Lianna Laberge -- No one else to ask : investigating the Ukrainian Holodomor / Jean Kosar -- The G-word : why Turks and Armenians can't talk / Karen DeVito -- Syria : Hama Massacre / Omar Ilsley -- Israel : stillborn nation / Dale Darychuk -- The 2002 massacre of Gujarati Muslims : the violent face of Hindu nationalism / Vinit Khosla -- Shadow play : political mass murder and the 1965 Indonesian coup / Elaine Briere -- Comfort women : sexual slaves of the Imperial Japanese military / Linda Elaine Vogt Turner -- Conclusions / Heribert Adam

2024-07-01