Worse Than War

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A landmark book about genocide from the prize-winning author who brought us the explosive Number 1 international bestseller Hitler's Willing Executioners In this original and important study of genocide, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen explores the nature of mass killing itself. Our failure to describe, explain and understand the mechanisms of genocide has made it difficult to prevent; with this book, Goldhagen proposes novel and effective measures that aim to help us comprehend and bring an end to this scourge of humanity. With the unflinching moral and analytical clarity for which he is internationally known, Goldhagen leaves no stone unturned in this groundbreaking book that will transform our understanding of genocide. 'A compelling and brave argument that our world must heed if we are to see sanity restored . . . Magnificent and inspiring' Michael Gove, Daily Mail'Disturbing and impassioned . . . A powerful and affecting study of man's inhumanity to man (and woman and child)' Ian Pindar, Guardian 'A magisterial and profoundly disturbing "natural history" of mass murder' New York Times 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 questions as: Why do genocides occur? What makes people willing to slaughter others? 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.

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Daniel Jo Goldhagen (Auteur) - Verschenen op 01/11/2012 bij Abacus