Delaying Annihilation: Mountains and the Postponement of Massacre

Delaying Annihilation: Mountains and the Postponement of Massacre

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This paper here aims at conceptualizing the physical environment of genocidal violence.Perpetrator organizations are understood to use artificial and natural settings to facilitate the task of mass killing.It is argued that mountains may be relatively distinct from other features of terrain because they offer advantages that strategically favor the defender.

If targeted groups use these advantages 7gm pravana to meet the goals of first arrival, maintaining biological needs, keeping the enemy at bay and alerting the outside world, they increase their chances of surviving destruction.Three case studies are examined: Musa Dagh (1915), Bisesero (1994) and Sinjar (2014).