Concentration Camps: A Short History

by Dan Stone

Book Overview

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most famous concentration camps are those under the Nazis, the use of concentration camps originated several decades before the Third Reich, in the Philippines and in the Boer War, and they have been used again in numerous locations, not least during the genocides...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198790708
• ISBN13: 9780198790709
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 7.8"