Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide

Jacques Semelin is professor of political science and research director at CERI-CNRS in Paris. After having studied civil resistance within Nazi Europe, he developed comparative genocide research and is now exploring processes of reconciliation and prevention. His previously published book in English is Unarmed Against Hitler: Civil Resistance in Europe, 1939-1943, and he is founder of the Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence.Semelin, Jacques is the author of 'Purify and Destroy: The Political Uses of Massacre and Genocide', published 2007 under ISBN 9780231142823 and ISBN 023114282X.