LCC
HV6322 .G65
Status
Available
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Publication
New York : PublicAffairs, c2009.
Description
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.
User reviews
LibraryThing member madcatnip72
Worse than War is a tour de force investigation into the origins, motivations, actions and repercussions of eliminationist thought and genocidal actions around the world throughout the 20th Century. Provides a good synopsis of several of the more (in)famous 20th century genocides, and illustrates
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the repeatable patterns that they share. Documents the dangers of political Islam. Well-structured, passionate, articulate; argumentative and scholarly, Goldhagen’s Worse that War is an important read on a terrible topic. Show Less
LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Outstanding work of scholarship.
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Awards
The New York Times Notable Books of the Year (Nonfiction — 2009)
Language
Physical description
xii, 658 p.; 25 inches
ISBN
1586487698 / 9781586487690