Charles B. Strozier is Professor of History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, where he is also co-director of the Center on Violence and Human Survival.Michael Flynn is lecturer of psychology at York College, the City University of New York, and associate director of the Center on Violence and Human Survival.
A major contribution to our understanding of the catastrophic
events that have traumatized this most violent of centuries, from
Hiroshima and the Holocaust to the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia and
mass killing in Rwanda.
*Stanley Kunitz*
Indispensable reading for those who feel there are no dragons left
that need slaying.
*Bogdan Denitch, Director, Institute on Transition to Democracy,
and Resident Professor of Sociology, City University of New York
Graduate School*
Each of these essays addresses problems of great moral and
political significance... this collection will be most helpful to
politicians, diplomats, military theorists, and journalists who
must struggle toward new understandings of the dynamics of mass
violence and war.
*Rolf Ekeus, Executive Chairman, United Nations Special Commission
DIS .40*
While most of the essays are brief recapitulations of articles and
books that have previously appeared, this might be the strength of
the volume, making it perfect for classroom adoption. Many of its
essays will undoubtedly provoke heated discussion.
*CHOICE*
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