About the Author

Benjamin Lieberman is professor of history at Fitchburg State College in Massachusetts. A graduate of Yale and the University of Chicago, he has also written From Recovery to Catastrophe, a study of Weimar Germany. He lives in Maynard, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Lieberman's narrative of the development of ethnic cleansing is convincing, objective, and readable . . . an outstanding book that needs to be read by all who want to understand the ethnic violence of the modern world.
*Hunt Tooley*

A convincing analysis. . . . Highly recommended for students of European History and the general reader.
*Cathie Carmichael*

An excellent study. . . . Lieberman illuminates with great skill and keen analysis.
*John Weiss*

A convincing argument. . . . [Lieberman] is to be commended for his knowledge of so many cases of ethnically driven violence.
*Publishers Weekly*

Compelling. . . . The only hope for an end to this terrible march of horrors is for people to understand and acknowledge it.
*The Weekly Standard*

If history can aid reconciliation by revealing atrocities, then Lieberman has certainly done more than his fair share with this book.
*Forward*

Lieberman weaves a well-argued narrative around competing themes of nationalism, war, and ethnic cleansing.
*CHOICE*

Raises several important issues in order to impose some analytic rigor.
*American Historical Review*

Lieberman argues persuasively . . . [and] writes about one of the least reported instances of ethnic cleansing in modern history.
*Nation*

The analysis and detail make this an important book on an uncharted topic.
*Jewish Book World*

Convincing analysis. . . . [An] important, well-written book.
*Journal of Military History*

It does something original, and actually quite brave. . . . Lieberman's study is highly lucid and accessible.
*Journal of Genocide Research*

Quite suitable for advanced undergraduate or graduate courses. Offers a reliable narrative and the author's approach can generate passionate debate.
*The Historian*

Terrible Fate comprehensively illustrates the history of ethnic cleansing in a Europe with extensively shifting borders. . . . Lieberman draws effectively on consular dispatches, newspaper reports, and memoirs to convey cruel realities.
*Holocaust and Genocide Studies*