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One long night: a global history of concentration camps Andrea Pitzer.

One long night: a global history of concentration camps Andrea Pitzer.
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365.45/PIT
War & Military   Taree . Available .  
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ISBN 9780316303590
Shelf Location 365.45/PIT
War
Author Pitzer, Andrea author.
Title One long night : a global history of concentration camps / Andrea Pitzer.
Edition First edition.
Publication Details New York:
2017. Little, Brown and Company,
Collation x, 466 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; ; 25 cm. ;
General Note Map on endcovers.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-451) and index.
Contents Introduction: Sailing to Guantánamo -- Born of generals -- Death and genocide in Southern Africa -- The First World War and the war on civilians -- Gulag rising -- The architecture of Auschwitz -- Increments of evil -- Stepchildren of the gulag -- Echoes of empire -- Bastard children of the camps -- Guantánamo Bay and the world.
Abstract/Summary Reveals history of concentration camps from 1890s Cuba to China and North Korea during the Cold War, discussing their use for civilian relocation and exposing their role as dehumanizing sites for political repression that have claimed millions of lives.
Subject History, Military
Detention of persons -- History -- 20th century
Concentration camps -- History -- 20th century
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