War and genocide

War and genocide studies is an interdisciplinary subject that identifies and analyzes the relationship between war and genocide, as well as the structural foundations of associated conflicts. Disciplines involved may include political science, geography, economics, sociology, international relations, and history.

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18th /19th/early 20th century genocides
Dzungar genocide (1750s) Circassian genocide (1800s–1870s) Black War (1825–1831) Moriori genocide (1835–c. 1860) California genocide (1846–1873) Hazara genocide (1888–1893) Selk'nam genocide (1890s–1900) Herero and Namaqua genocide (1904–1907)
Late Ottoman genocides
Greek genocide (1913–1923) Sayfo (1915–1924) Armenian genocide (1915–1923)
World War II (1939–1945)
The Holocaust Romani genocide Genocide of Serbs by the Ustashe Genocide of Croats and Muslims by the Chetniks Nazi crimes against the Polish nation
Cold War
Bangladesh genocide (1971) Ikiza (1972) East Timor genocide (1974–1999) Cambodian genocide (1975–1979) Guatemalan genocide (1981–1983) Gukurahundi (1983–1987) Anfal campaign (1986–1989) Isaaq genocide (1987–1989)
Contemporary ethno-religious genocides
Bosnian genocide (1992–1995) Rwandan genocide (1994) Massacres of Hutus (1996–1997) Effacer le tableau (2002–2003) Darfur genocide (2003–) Yazidi genocide (2014–2017) Iraqi Turkmen genocide (2014–2017) Uyghur genocide (2014–) Rohingya genocide (2016–)
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Anti-communist mass killings Indonesia 1965–66 Atrocities in the Congo Free State Compulsory sterilization Democide Ethnic cleansing Ethnocide Forced assimilation Mass killings under communist regimes Holodomor / genocide question Outline of genocide studies Bibliography Vendée genocide debate Predictions of a genocide in Ethiopia Raphael Lemkin
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There is general consensus among scholars that the problems of war and genocide are intimately linked as the two often accompany each other. However, there are varying thoughts and theoretical perspectives on the topic as it continues to be a subject of scholarly analysis and debate.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]