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'''Genocide''' involves the calculated targeting and killing of a specific ethnic group, or any huge deliberate killing of civilians carried out as a consequence of government policy. The word "genocide" was coined by Rafael Lemkin in his 1944 book ''Axis Rule in Occupied Europe'' to describe the mass killings of European Jews by the Nazi regime. (See Samantha Power, ''A Problem From Hell.'')

'''Genocide''' involves the calculated targeting and killing of a specific ethnic group, or any huge deliberate killing of civilians carried out as a consequence of government policy. The worst of these were carried out by Communist governments in the USSR and China. The word "genocide" was coined by Rafael Lemkin in his 1944 book ''Axis Rule in Occupied Europe'' to describe the mass killings of European Jews by the Nazi regime. (See Samantha Power, ''A Problem From Hell.'')

==20th century genocides==

==20th century genocides==

20th century examples include:

20th century examples include:

*1916-1917: The Ottoman and Turkish genocide of the [[Armenia |Armenians]]

*1916-1917: The Ottoman and Turkish genocide of the Armenians

*1932-1933: The Soviet genocide of the Ukrainians ([[Holodomor]])

*1932-1933: The Soviet genocide of the Ukrainians ([[Holodomor]])

*1939-1945: The Nazi [[Holocaust]]  

*1939-1945: The Nazi [[Holocaust]]  

*1979-1981: The Khmer Rouge in [[Cambodia]]

*1979-1981: The Khmer Rouge in Cambodia  

*1991-1995: The former [[Yugoslavia]], involving the killing of Bosnian Muslims

*1991-1995: The former [[Yugoslavia]], involving the killing of Bosnian Muslims

*1995:      Hutu genocide of the Tutsi population in [[Rwanda]]

*1995:      Hutu genocide of the Tutsi population in [[Rwanda]]