{"product_id":"the-soviet-union-and-the-gutting-of-the-un-genocide-convention-hardcover","title":"The Soviet Union and the Gutting of the UN Genocide Convention - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Weiss-Wendt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter the staggering horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations resolved to prevent and punish the crime of genocide throughout the world. The resulting UN Genocide Convention treaty, however, was drafted, contested, and weakened in the midst of Cold War tensions and ideological struggles between the Soviet Union and the West. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on extensive archival research, Anton Weiss-Wendt reveals in detail how the political aims of the superpowers rendered the convention a weak instrument for addressing abuses against human rights. The Kremlin viewed the genocide treaty as a political document and feared repercussions. What the Soviets wanted most was to keep the subjugation of Eastern Europe and the vast system of forced labor camps out of the genocide discourse. The American Bar Association and Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, in turn, worried that the Convention contained vague formulations that could be used against the United States, especially in relation to the plight of African Americans. Sidelined in the heated discussions, Weiss-Wendt shows, were humanitarian concerns for preventing future genocides.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Weiss-Wendt directs research at the Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities in Oslo, Norway. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMurder Without Hatred: Estonians and the Holocaust\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmall-Town Russia: Childhood Memories of the Final Soviet Decade\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Nazi Genocide of the Roma\u003c\/i\u003e; and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eRacial Science in Hitler's New Europe, 1938-1945\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.88 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 25, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780681728288,"sku":"9780299312909","price":134.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/dc8df7438d4ed9147e4d0daf8e9d72c0.webp?v=1780534306","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-soviet-union-and-the-gutting-of-the-un-genocide-convention-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}