Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's books are events. They stir passionate public debate among political and civic leaders, scholars, and the general public because they compel people to rethink the most powerful conventional wisdoms and stubborn moral problems of the day. Worse Than War gets to the heart of the phenomenon of genocide, which has caused more deaths in the modern world than military conflict. In doing so, it challenges our fundamental beliefs about human beings, society, and politics. Drawing on extensive field work and research from around the world, Goldhagen explores the anatomy of genocide—explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them; why they happen so frequently; and how the international community can successfully stop them, as well as why they should. Worse Than War seeks to change the way we think and to offer new possibilities for a better world. It tells us how we might at last begin to eradicate this greatest scourge of humankind.
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"I am torn on this book. Goldhagen's research is amazing. Whether I agree with his lenses, analysis or proposed solutions, it's hard to argue that he doesn't have his heart in the right place. " — Cindy (4 out of 5 stars)
"I am torn on this book. Goldhagen's research is amazing. Whether I agree with his lenses, analysis or proposed solutions, it's hard to argue that he doesn't have his heart in the right place. "
[A] magisterial and profoundly disturbing 'natural history' of mass murder.
" The book is full of interesting and mind-blowing facts. I learned a lot from it. The arguments are insightful, and possibly sound. "
" A little extreme in his opinions but an important topic. I enjoyed the historical side and but prefer less rhetoric. "
" Outstanding work of scholarship. "
Daniel Jonah Goldhagen is the author of the #1 international bestseller Hitler’s Willing Executioners, A Moral Reckoning, and Worse than War. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New Republic, and newspapers around the world. A former professor at Harvard University, he now lives in New York.
Patrick Lawlor, an award-winning narrator, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer. He has worked extensively off Broadway and has been an actor and stuntman in both film and television. He has been an Audie Award finalist multiple times and has garnered several AudioFile Earphones Awards, a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, and many starred audio reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews.
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