Theatres Of Violence

Philip Dwyer is Associate Professor in Modern European History at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published widely on the revolutionary and Napoleonic eras. His monograph Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769-1799 (2008) won the Australian National Biography Award.

“Making a distinction between ‘massacre’ and ‘genocide,’ the editors strive to launch a new field of ‘massacre studies,’ focusing on mass killings that are not genocidal in intent. The book should be added to any library collecting in the field of mass violence studies.”  ·  Choice“Students of world history need to understand that history does not exist in a concrete and established form but rather continues to be shaped by—and to shape, in turn—present prejudices and policies. Theatres of Violence, by tackling a selection of emotionally charged and highly contested events, illustrates that dynamic at work throughout history, and so it proves an important contribution to both the study of violence specifically and to world history in general.”  ·  Middle Ground Journal“…an admirable and varied collection of 20 chapters on the phenomenon of massacre… The density of the volume is such that this review cannot do full justice to the quality of the contributions.”  ·  European History Quarterly"...{A] milestone on the path toward a more sophisticated analysis of a key feature of human cruelty…[This volume’s] goal is exploration and inspiration of further research in, and discussion of, the history of massacres…[It] does an excellent job in doing exactly this, and I am sure it will serve for a long time as a major reference book in the broader field of mass violence studies."  ·  Thomas Kühne, Strassler Center for Holocaust & Genocide Studies, Clark University

• List of Tables, Illustrations, and MapsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Massacre and HistoryPhilip Dwyer and Lyndall RyanPART I: MASSACRE AND ATROCITY IN THE ANCIENT AND PRE-MODERN ERASChapter 1. The Origins of MassacresJohn Docker Chapter 2. Massacres in the Peloponnesian WarBrian BosworthChapter 3. “The Abominable Quibble”: Alexander’s Massacre of Indian Mercenaries at MassagaElizabeth Baynham Chapter 4. The Roman Concept of Massacre: Julius Caesar in Gaul Jane Bellemore Chapter 5. Atrocity and Massacre in the High and Late Middle-AgesLaurence W.  Marvin Chapter 6. A Sea of Blood? Massacres during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1641–53Inga Jones PART II: THE COLONIAL FRONTIERChapter 7. Looking the Other Way: The Gnadenhutten Massacre and the Contextual Interpretation of ViolenceRob Harper Chapter 8. Settler Massacres on the Australian Colonial Frontier, 1836-1851 Lyndall Ryan Chapter 9. Tactics of Nineteenth Century Colonial Massacre: Tasmania, California and BeyondBenjamin MadleyChapter 10. A Blueprint for Massacre: The United States Army and the 1870 Blackfeet MassacreBlanca Tovías de Plaisted Chapter 11. When Massacre Appears: Representations of Australian Indigenous Massacres in FictionKatrina Schlunke PART III: CONTESTED NARRATIVES: MEMORY, ATROCITY AND MASSACREChapter 12. Memories of Massacres and Atrocities during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic WarsPhilip Dwyer Chapter 13. Stalin’s Trap: The Katyn Forest Massacre between Propaganda and TabooClaudia Weber Chapter 14. The Great Secret: Sites of Mass Killings in Stalinist RussiaFrançois-Xavier Nérard Chapter 15. Spectacular Atrocities: Making Enemies during the 1965-1966 Massacres in IndonesiaAnnie PohlmanChapter 16. A Necessary Salve: The ‘Hue Massacre’ in History and MemoryScott LadermanChapter 17. A Battle for Perceptions: Revisiting the Cassinga Controversy in Southern AfricaGary Baines PART IV: THE DYNAMICS OF MODERN MASSACRE AND MASS KILLING Chapter 18. Method in their Madness: Understanding the Dynamics of the Italian Massacre of Ethiopian Civilians, February-May 1937Giuseppe FinaldiChapter 19. The Algerian War on French Soil : The Paris Massacre of 17 October 1961Hélène JaccomardChapter 20. Wedding Massacres and the War in AfghanistanStephen J. Rockel Select BibliographyNotes on the ContributorsIndex