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PHD VERIFIED |
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Worse Than War Documents Goldhagen’s Travels
Virginia Tech Peace and Violence Discussion
The documentary for the forum is about two hours long, so make sure to set aside enough time.
Below is the description of the required video from the PBS website. The documentary provides a powerful look into genocide utilizing a variety of case studies. Prepare yourself as the topic of genocide is a difficult one to confront, but the documentary takes a very methodical and scientific approach for a better understanding of how and why genocides occur.
“By the most fundamental measure — the number of people killed — the perpetrators of mass murder since the beginning of the twentieth century have taken the lives of more people than have died in military conflict. So genocide is worse than war,” reiterates Goldhagen. “This is a little-known fact that should be a central focus of international politics, because once you know it, the world, international politics, and what we need to do all begin to look substantially different from how they are typically conceived.”
“WORSE THAN WAR documents Goldhagen¹s travels, teachings, and interviews in nine countries around the world, bringing viewers on an unprecedented journey of insight and analysis. In a film that is highly cinematic and evocative throughout, he speaks with victims, perpetrators, witnesses, politicians, diplomats, historians, humanitarian aid workers, and journalists, all with the purpose of explaining and understanding the critical features of genocide and how to finally stop it.” (PBS.com)
Some basic questions to address include (as described by the PBS website), but are not limited to: “How and why do genocides start? Why do the perpetrators kill? Why has intervention rarely occurred in a timely manner (issues of politics)? These and other thought-provoking questions are explored in a new documentary film, WORSE THAN WAR.”
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