Genocidal Conscription

Drafting Victims and Perpetrators under the Guise of War

Christopher Harrison

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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
21 June 2023

Genocide & ethnic cleansing; International relations; War crimes

Genocidal Conscription examines how some states have employed mandatory military service as a tool to capture and kill the victims of genocide by recruiting the perpetrators from other minorities, and shifting blame away from the state. The book highlights several unique intersections that connect military history, Holocaust studies, and genocide. The study details an original framework that encompasses intentions and outcomes of wartime casualties, Clausewitzian wastage, and genocidal massacres. Christopher Harrison traces and compares how two genocidal regimes at war – the Ottoman Empire during World War One and Axis-era Hungary in World War Two – implemented certain policies of military service to capture and destroy their targets amidst the carnage of modern warfare. Following this historical comparative study, the author then summarizes relevant implications and ongoing concerns. The conclusion includes insights into conscription by contemporary authoritarian regimes. By examining these histories and crises, the book suggests that several states are at risk of carrying out genocidal conscription today. While difficult and unlikely, due to political disincentives, the implication of this analysis considers reforms which may prevent states from repeating similar policies and actions again.

By: Christopher Harrison
Imprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 237mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 476g
ISBN: 9781666925678
ISBN 10: 1666925675
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 21 June 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher Harrison is Instructor of Political Science, Northern Arizona University.

Reviews for Genocidal Conscription: Drafting Victims and Perpetrators under the Guise of War

“Christopher Harrison has extended the way in which we can consider what genocide entails--in this case, through the forced impressment of unwanted segments of a society in the expectation that they will be killed. By looking at case studies from the Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust in Hungary, Harrison's is a brave study that deserves to be read with a view to aiding deeper understanding of this most terrible of phenomena.” -- Paul R. Bartrop, Center for Holocaust and Genocide Research Florida Gulf Coast University and Honorary Principal Fellow in History University of Melbourne, Australia