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Superpower Syndrome America's Apocalyptic Confrontation with the World

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ISBN-10: 1560255129

ISBN-13: 9781560255123

Edition: 2003

Authors: Robert Jay Lifton, Robert J. Lifton

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List price: $12.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Basic Books
Publication date: 10/22/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.462
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.

Introduction
The Apocalyptic Face-off
Apocalyptic Violence
Century of Excess
Aum Shinrikyo - The Threshold Crossed
Bin Laden and al-Qaeda: "I Envision Saladin Coming Out of the Clouds"
The Terrorist Dynamic
A Superpower's "War on Terrorism"
Apocalyptic America
Superpower Vulnerability
Americans as Survivors
Stages of Response
Fluid World Control
Stepping Out of the Syndrome
Notes
Acknowledgments