Robert Jay Lifton

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize With a new preface by the author In his most powerful and important book, renowned psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton presents a brilliant analysis of the crucial role that German doctors played in the Nazi genocide. Now updated with a new preface, The Nazi Doctors remains the definitive work on the Nazi medical atrocities, a chilling exposé of the banality of evil at its epitome, and a sobering reminder of the darkest side of human nature.

Medical Killing And The Psychology Of Genocide

The Nazi Doctors

reflections on mind, hope, and survival

The climate swerve

Greg Mitchell

Hiroshima in America

Shūichi Katō

Michael Reich

Portraits from Modern Japan

Six Lives, Six Deaths

Biographical sketches show how six writers and public figures prepared for their deaths

In Japan, "hibakusha" means "the people affected by the explosion--specifically, the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima in 1945. In this classic study, winner of the 1969 National Book Award in Science, Lifton studies the psychological effects of the bomb on 90,000 survivors. He sees this analysis as providing a last chance to understand--and be motivated to avoid--nuclear war. This compassionate treatment is a significant contribution to the atomic age.

Survivors of Hiroshima

Death in Life

Robert Jay Lifton

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