East West Street: On the Origins of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity

by Philippe Sands

Book Overview

A profound, important book, a moving personal detective story and an uncovering of secret pasts, set in Europe's center, the city of bright colors--Lviv, Ukraine, dividing east from west, north from south, in what had been the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

A book that explores the development of the world-changing legal concepts of "genocide" and "crimes against humanity" that came about as a result of the unprecedented atrocities of Hitler's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525433724
• ISBN13: 9780525433729
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"