Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Setting the Problem -- A Proposed "Consensus" Definition -- Ancient "Ethnic" Atrocities -- The Trail of Tears -- Darfur -- Bosnia: The "Paradigm Case"? -- Gaza and the West Bank -- The Meaning of the Term 'Ethnic' -- The Meaning of the Term "Cleansing" -- Identity and Ethnicity -- Minority Rights -- Destroying versus Cleansing -- Cleansing and Crimes Against Humanity -- The 'Divorce' Metaphor -- The Role of International Criminal Law -- Prosecuting Perpetrators of Ethnic Cleansing -- Defenses for Ethnic Cleansing -- Voluntary Population Transfers -- Forced Transfers and the "Eminent Domain" Metaphor -- Justice After Ethnic Cleansing -- Is Ethnic Cleansing Ever Necessary? -- The Misuse of the Idea of Purity -- Conclusions.

"Putting forward the argument that the strength of democracies can be measured in how well minorities - especially ethnic and racial minorities - are treated by the majority, Larry May's Ethnic Cleansing maintains that unjust ethnic cleansing is one of the greatest internal challenges to the modern institutions of pluralistic and multi-cultural states"-- Provided by publisher.