Select only 1 essay question from the list. draw from a minimum of 10 published academic secondary sources and 2 primary sources of your choice to support your argument. Use the particular model in “instruction” to list your sources in your bibliography. 1) What were the main causes of the St Bartholomews Day Massacre? 2) Was the mass violence against Huguenots (St Bartholomews Day Massacre) and Armenians (1894-6, 1914-18, 1920-21) more similar or different in terms of the motivations of the perpetrators? 3) The Armenian Genocide was an inevitable outcome of the way the Ottoman Empire treated its Christian subjects. Discuss. 4) Armenian resistance and efforts to establish a homeland invalidate the claims that there was an Armenian Genocide. Discuss. 5) The Ukrainian Famine was not a Genocide. Discuss. 6) Was the mass killing of Ukrainians (1932-33) and Cambodians (1975-9) more similar or different in terms of the motivations of the perpetrators? 7) Is it possible to rationalise genocide/massacres/war rape/ethnic cleansing? Discuss in relation to one of the cases covered. 8) Policies that unintentionally result in mass killing should not be classed as genocide. Discuss in relation to one or two cases. 9) Choose two of the cases studied and compare the motives of the perpetrators of the killing, outlining similarities and dissimilarities, and how well the two cases compare or not. 10) Choose two of the cases studied and compare the war crimes, outlining similarities and dissimilarities, and how well the two cases compare or not. 11) Choose one of the cases studied and explore why it is so difficult (or easier in some cases) for guilty parties to admit to war crimes/massacres/genocide.. 12) Choose one out of our cases and explore how the involvement (or non-involvement) of international actors resulted in war crimes/massacres/genocide.
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