The wording of the Genocide Convention reflects the ideological divide between the former wartime allies. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union all came to the negotiating table with a markedly different agenda. This two volume document collection sets the Genocide Convention in its proper historical and political context. Building upon primary sources from eleven depositories in the United States, Britain, and Russia, the volumes offer divergent political perspectives on what was meant to be a universal humanitarian treaty.

The collection includes over 120 documents and features a variety of types of material, such as internal memorandums, private correspondence, meeting notes, draft proposals and speeches, official guidelines, diplomatic correspondence, official communiques and rare publications. This is the most comprehensive collection to be published on the Genocide Convention to date and will be an essential resource for all scholars and students working in this area.