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Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-
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Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-
Historians -- United States -- Biography.
Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
Genocide -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear warfare -- History -- 20th century.
Radicalism -- History -- 20th century.
War and society -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- History -- 20th century.
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Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-
Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-
Historians -- United States -- Biography.
Psychiatrists -- United States -- Biography.
Political activists -- United States -- Biography.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Military history, Modern -- 20th century.
Genocide -- History -- 20th century.
Nuclear warfare -- History -- 20th century.
Radicalism -- History -- 20th century.
War and society -- History -- 20th century.
Social change -- History -- 20th century.
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Witness to an extreme
century
: a memoir / Robert Jay Lifton.
by
Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-
Free Press, c2011.
Call #:
973.02 L722w
Subjects
Lifton, Robert Jay, 1926-
Historians
--
United States
--
Biography.
Psychiatrists
--
United States
--
Biography.
Political activists
--
United States
--
Biography.
History
, Modern
--
20th
century
.
Military
history
, Modern
--
20th
century
.
Genocide
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Nuclear warfare
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Radicalism
--
History
--
20th
century
.
War and society
--
History
--
20th
century
.
Social change
--
History
--
20th
century
.
ISBN:
9781416590767 (hardcover)
1416590765 (hardcover)
9781416590781 (trade paper)
1416590781 (trade paper)
Edition:
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Description:
xv, 428 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
section 1. Discovering the world--and its totalism
--
The decision
--
Method and research
--
Finding a mentor
--
Finding a voice--with help from friends
--
Further struggles with totalism
--
section 2. "Hiroshima had disappeared"
--
Getting to Hiroshima
--
The visceral immersion
--
Entrapment by the bomb
--
Dr. Hiroshima
--
section 3. Vietnam and the sixties
--
Responding to slaughter
--
Existential evil
--
"The sixties"
--
Home from the war
--
section 4. Nazi doctors--did it really happen?
--
Strong enough stomach?
--
Sitting down with Nazi doctors
--
Historical encounters
--
The infernal chorus
--
section 5. Next steps
--
Coming home
--
Full circle.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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Adult Nonfiction
973.02 L722w
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