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American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World
by David E. Stannard
Description: American Holocaust: The Conquest of the New World examines four centuries of violence against indigenous peoples in the Americas, from the Spanish attacks in the 1490s to the U.S. Army's 1890s massacre of Sioux Indians at Wounded Knee
ISBN: 0195085574
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Synaesthesia · 2015-10-30 · Original thread
It was a relatively minor genocide. Of course it was horrific and notable, but in terms of numbers not that huge. It was dwarfed for instance by the genocidal actions of Leopoldt in Belgium.

Most of the genocides of the 20th century were actually not by Germans, although many are not recognised. Why? Well they were official enemies! The truth is a lot of history is still pretty unknown generally.

Consider the mass murder in Indonesia in 1965, where at least a million were killed, or the genocide of East Timor, which killed a third of the population. Not very well known. Those were under the auspices of the USA and west in general. There are more, like the Mayans of Guatemala ... I learned about lot of these only recently

Really this was just a precursor to a century of genocide globally.

And then the original forgotten genocide, and one of the biggest: the genocide of the native americans. The book American Holocaust was a real eye-opener for me. http://www.amazon.com/American-Holocaust-The-Conquest-World/...