Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-330) and index.
Contents
Formative years in Poland -- Escape from Poland -- Early years in the United States -- The publication of his master work and the Nuremberg Trial -- The United Nations Resolution onGenocide -- 1947, the first draft oftheConvention -- Private life -- Yale and Geneva -- Paris, preliminary discussion oftheconvention -- The first reading oftheConvention -- TheConvention is adopted -- The international campaign for ratification oftheConvention -- The United States Senate and theConvention -- TheGenocideConvention : its supporters and enemies -- The history ofgenocide -- The history ofgenocide : case studies -- Closing years.