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" Segment 3: 'Ben Kiernan on the History of World Genocide." (2007).'" [podcast 21 min 4 sec]

Bennedit Kiernan, the author of Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocide, is interviewed by Jerry Fowler at the United Stated Holocaust Memorial Museum about the world history of genocide. Kiernan is the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History at Yale University and is the founding director of Genocide Studies at Yale Center for International and Area Studies. The discussion focuses on Kiernan's 2007 book, Blood and Soil: A World History of Genocideand Extermination from Sparta to Darfur. Our thanks to the United States Holocaust Museum for access to this program.
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