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Witness to an Extreme Century A Memoir

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ISBN-10: 1416590765

ISBN-13: 9781416590767

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robert Jay Lifton

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A psycho-historian and political activist delves deeply into some of the darkest chapters of world history in the last half of the twentieth century.
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Book details

List price: $34.99
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: 6/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.30" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

A distinguished professor of psychology & psychiatry at John Jay College & the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Robert Jay Lifton is the author of many important works, including "The Nazis Doctors," winner of the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize, & "Death in Life," winner of a National Book Award.

Preface
Discovering the World-and its Totalism
The Decision
Method and Reach
Finding a Mentor
Finding a Voice-with Help from Friends
Further Struggles with Totalism
�Hiroshima Had Disappeared�
Getting to Hiroshima
The Visceral Immersion
Entrapment by the Bomb
Vietnam and the Sixties
Responding to Slaughter
Existential Evil
�The Sixties�
Home from the War
Nazi Doctors-Did It Really Happen?
Strong Enough Stomach?
Sitting Down with Nazi Doctors
Historical Encounters
Annihilated by Europe
The Infernal Chorus
Next Steps
Coming Home
Full Circle
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Index