Reviews for Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide

The average rating for Annihilating Difference: The Anthropology of Genocide based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-05-19 00:00:00 Sha-minah A Souza Excellent demonstration of how social context adapts genocide. Rwanda is a fantastic example of this.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-11-02 00:00:00 Richard Chappell This short, 74 page volume, was originally presented as a series of lectures on the BBC. Ultimately disappointing: perhaps because the transcript of a series of lectures written to be heard cannot serve as well as a series of essays written to be read. Keegan is an esteemed writer of military history. I was awed by his history of World War One. Here he tries, with some success, to discuss why war happens. He expounds on the most prevalent theories and comes to the conclusion that nobody really knows. The last Chapter, "War and the Individual", is the most compelling and left me both frightened and hopeful. I was left pondering, not only the nature of war but also the nature of humankind. A worthwhile exercise, I believe.