Worse Than War
Genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity
$100.50
- Paperback
672 pages
- Release Date
29 October 2012
Summary
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen brings us now an original and important study of genocide that reconceives its very nature. He does so not by examining a series of genocides but by exploring the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to clearly describe, explain, and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent, and this book will change that.
Through exhaustive research, he brilliantly lays out the roots and motivations of mass slaughter, exploring such ques…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349115573 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349115575 |
| Author: | Daniel Goldhagen |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 672 |
| Release Date: | 29 October 2012 |
| Weight: | 526g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 46mm |
| Series: | Abacus |
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** ‘Worse Than War makes a compelling and brave argument that our world must heed if we are to see sanity restored … Magnificent [and] inspiring
** ‘What no one can deny him is the range and depth of his knowledge or the courage involved in many of his judgements … his book is masterful - Anthony Howard, DAILY TELEGRAPH
** ‘Impressive, scholarly and thoroughly unsettling - GQ** ‘Disturbing and impassioned …A powerful and affecting study of man’s inhumanity to man (and woman and child) - Ian Pindar, Guardian** ‘Worse Than War makes a compelling and brave argument that our world must heed if we are to see sanity restored … Magnificent [and] inspiring - Michael Gove, Daily MailAbout The Author
Daniel Goldhagen
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is Associate Professor of Government and Social Studies at Harvard University and an Associate of Harvard’s Minda de Gunzberg Centre for European Studies. He was awarded Germany’s Democracy Prize for HITLER’S WILLING EXECUTIONERS.
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