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The Armenian Genocide in the Context of 20th-Century Paramilitarism

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Genocide can be defined as a complex process of systematic persecution and annihilation of a group of people by a government. In the 20th century, approximately 40 to 60 million defenceless people became victims of deliberate genocidal policies. The beginning of the 21st century has not shown signs of improvement, with genocidal episodes flaring up in Darfur, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, and Syria. Genocide can best be understood as the persecution and destruction of human beings on the basis of their presumed or imputed membership in a group, rather than on their individual properties or participation in certain acts.

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    Uğur Ümit Üngör (Associate Professor, Utrecht University Research Fellow)

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Üngör, U.Ü. (2016). The Armenian Genocide in the Context of 20th-Century Paramilitarism. In: Demirdjian, A. (eds) The Armenian Genocide Legacy. Palgrave Studies in the History of Genocide. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-56163-3_2

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