Worse Than War

Daniel Jonah Goldhagen has written 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 questions as: Why do genocides occur? What makes people willing to slaughter others? How do cultural beliefs justify genocide among groups of people? Why has the world been so ineffective in reducing the incidence of genocide? Based on his thoroughgoing reconceptualization of genocide, Goldhagen proposes novel, sensible, and effective measures to put an end to this scourge of humanity, which is worse, even, than war. With the unflinching moral and analytical clarity that he is internationally known for, Goldhagen leaves no stone unturned in this groundbreaking book that will not only transform our understanding of genocide, but every person and political leader who reads it.

ISBN 0316861294   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780316861298 (What's this?)   Pages 672 Publisher Little, Brown & Company   Published in New York Imprint Little, Brown & Company   Height (mm) 234 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 153 Publication date 21 Jan 2010   Academic level General DEWEY 304.663

** '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 ** 'This book examines different aspects of eliminationist assaults around the globe: how they begin, are implemented and how they stop, the ideologies that drive them and, most fascinating of all, the motivations of the perpetrators' Christopher Silvester, DAILY EXPRESS

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