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Goldhagens 2009 book of the same title, an examination of the causes of genocide and ethnic cleansing along with his. Worse than war is designed to help you explore with your students the complex issues highlighted in the film. Worse than war gets to the heart of the phenomenon, genocide, that has caused more deaths in the modern world 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. Our policy, rather, should be founded on the recognition that genocidal eliminationism, which goldhagen argues has killed more people in recent generations than war. Daniel jonah goldhagen books list of books by author daniel. Genocide, eliminationism and the ongoing assault on humanity hardcover 2010.
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