Genocide: Its Political Use in the Twentieth Century

Genocide: Its political use in the Twentieth Century is a book by the sociologist Leo Kuper, about genocide. It is widely cited, and is included on reading lists for related courses of study at several universities,    making it a notable work.

The historical examples studied include the Armenian Genocide, the Holocaust, the 1971 Bangladesh Genocide, and the Burundian Genocide of 1972.

Reception
Genocide was reviewed in a number of periodicals, including The New York Times and the Virginia Quarterly Review.