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Genocidal Conscription

Drafting Victims and Perpetrators under the Guise of War

Christopher Harrison

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.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 204 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
978-1-66692-567-8 • Hardback • June 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
978-1-66692-568-5 • eBook • July 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Subjects: Political Science / Genocide & War Crimes, Political Science / World / General, Political Science / International Relations / General

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

Part I: Genocide, Conscription, and the Wastage of War

Chapter 1: Conscription for War and Genocide?

Chapter 2: Historical Developments of Modern Conscripted Warfare

Part II: Genocidal Conscription

Chapter 3: Genocide by Wastage

Chapter 4: Conscription by the Ottoman Empire in World War One

Chapter 5: Axis-Era Hungary’s Conscripts of World War Two

Part III: Analysis, Contemporary Concerns, and Conclusions

Chapter 6: Comparative Findings

Chapter 7: Potential Cases Today and Conclusions

Harrison assesses contemporary possibilities… the forced recruitment of Chechens and others from the North Caucasus region to fight for Russia in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia and its Wagner Group affiliate reportedly pulled one-time military opponents of Russia out of prisons to serve in the casualty-intense trenches along the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Can their presence be considered voluntary if the alternative offered was to remain languishing in prison? Was their presence to absorb Ukrainian bullets until the supply thereof was depleted, and if so, did that strategy reflect a calculation to dispose of a disfavored group within the Russian nation? Addressing each of these questions entails pursuing the line of inquiry initiated by Harrison in Genocidal Conscription, a mark of an innovative work.


— Journal of Military History


In Genocidal Conscription, Christopher Harrison probes the complex relationship between war and genocide through the lens of military conscription. Drawing on case studies from the first and second world wars, the book examines how conscription facilitates genocidal violence against minorities and critiques the hypocrisy of the modern liberal international order that simultaneously condemns and enables repressive and violent regimes. Harrison’s is a nuanced, novel and valuable lens through which to understand the war-genocide continuum….Any theorist working on this issue today will be vastly indebted to Harrison for his novel, nuanced articulation of “genocidal conscription”.


— LSE Review of Books


Harrison’s groundbreaking study reveals how military conscription has been weaponised as a tool of genocide, with devastating case studies from the Ottoman Empire and Hungary. It’s prescriptions for contemporary rights abuses are many and relevant to current conflicts.


— Australian Institute of International Affairs


8/15/2023, New Books Network, Podcast:

Link: https://newbooksnetwork.com/genocidal-conscription



Genocidal Conscription

Drafting Victims and Perpetrators under the Guise of War

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Summary
Summary
  • 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.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 204 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½
    978-1-66692-567-8 • Hardback • June 2023 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
    978-1-66692-568-5 • eBook • July 2023 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
    Subjects: Political Science / Genocide & War Crimes, Political Science / World / General, Political Science / International Relations / General
Author
Author
  • Christopher Harrison is Instructor of Political Science, Northern Arizona University.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Part I: Genocide, Conscription, and the Wastage of War

    Chapter 1: Conscription for War and Genocide?

    Chapter 2: Historical Developments of Modern Conscripted Warfare

    Part II: Genocidal Conscription

    Chapter 3: Genocide by Wastage

    Chapter 4: Conscription by the Ottoman Empire in World War One

    Chapter 5: Axis-Era Hungary’s Conscripts of World War Two

    Part III: Analysis, Contemporary Concerns, and Conclusions

    Chapter 6: Comparative Findings

    Chapter 7: Potential Cases Today and Conclusions

Reviews
Reviews
  • Harrison assesses contemporary possibilities… the forced recruitment of Chechens and others from the North Caucasus region to fight for Russia in the wake of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia and its Wagner Group affiliate reportedly pulled one-time military opponents of Russia out of prisons to serve in the casualty-intense trenches along the front lines in eastern Ukraine. Can their presence be considered voluntary if the alternative offered was to remain languishing in prison? Was their presence to absorb Ukrainian bullets until the supply thereof was depleted, and if so, did that strategy reflect a calculation to dispose of a disfavored group within the Russian nation? Addressing each of these questions entails pursuing the line of inquiry initiated by Harrison in Genocidal Conscription, a mark of an innovative work.


    — Journal of Military History


    In Genocidal Conscription, Christopher Harrison probes the complex relationship between war and genocide through the lens of military conscription. Drawing on case studies from the first and second world wars, the book examines how conscription facilitates genocidal violence against minorities and critiques the hypocrisy of the modern liberal international order that simultaneously condemns and enables repressive and violent regimes. Harrison’s is a nuanced, novel and valuable lens through which to understand the war-genocide continuum….Any theorist working on this issue today will be vastly indebted to Harrison for his novel, nuanced articulation of “genocidal conscription”.


    — LSE Review of Books


    Harrison’s groundbreaking study reveals how military conscription has been weaponised as a tool of genocide, with devastating case studies from the Ottoman Empire and Hungary. It’s prescriptions for contemporary rights abuses are many and relevant to current conflicts.


    — Australian Institute of International Affairs


Features
Features
  • 8/15/2023, New Books Network, Podcast:

    Link: https://newbooksnetwork.com/genocidal-conscription



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