Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity /
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah.
Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. - 1st ed. - New York : PublicAffairs, 2009. - xii, 658 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-628) and index.
The choice -- Clarifying the issues. Eliminationism, not genocide ; Worse than war : our age of suffering -- Explaining eliminationist assaults. Why they begin ; How they are implemented ; Why the perpetrators act ; Why they end -- Modern eliminationist politics. Sources and patterns ; Thinking and acting ; Actual minds, actual words -- Changing the future. Prologue to the future ; What we can do.
A paradigm-changing investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing--explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.
9781586489007 1586489003
2009028035
Genocide--Psychological aspects.
Genocide--Prevention.
Racism--Psychological aspects.
Prejudices--Psychological aspects.
Hate--Case studies.
Group identity--Case studies.
HV6322 / .G65
364.15/1
Worse than war : genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / genocide, eliminationism, and the ongoing assault on humanity / Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. - 1st ed. - New York : PublicAffairs, 2009. - xii, 658 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 599-628) and index.
The choice -- Clarifying the issues. Eliminationism, not genocide ; Worse than war : our age of suffering -- Explaining eliminationist assaults. Why they begin ; How they are implemented ; Why the perpetrators act ; Why they end -- Modern eliminationist politics. Sources and patterns ; Thinking and acting ; Actual minds, actual words -- Changing the future. Prologue to the future ; What we can do.
A paradigm-changing investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing--explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.
9781586489007 1586489003
2009028035
Genocide--Psychological aspects.
Genocide--Prevention.
Racism--Psychological aspects.
Prejudices--Psychological aspects.
Hate--Case studies.
Group identity--Case studies.
HV6322 / .G65
364.15/1