Robert Jay Lifton
Robert Jay Lifton , M.D., is Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. A leading psychohistorian, his renown comes from his studies of the doctors who aided Nazi war crimes and from his work with Hiroshima survivors. He was an outspoken critic of the American Psychological Association's aiding of government-sanctioned torture, as he is a vocal opponent of nuclear weapons....See more
Robert Jay Lifton , M.D., is Lecturer in Psychiatry at Columbia University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. A leading psychohistorian, his renown comes from his studies of the doctors who aided Nazi war crimes and from his work with Hiroshima survivors. He was an outspoken critic of the American Psychological Association's aiding of government-sanctioned torture, as he is a vocal opponent of nuclear weapons. His research encompasses the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and the theory of thought reform. See less
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Robert Jay Lifton book reviews
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The Nazi doctors : medical killing and the psychology of genocide
Not for the faint of heart.
by Jeri, Dec 12, 2012
Within the first few chapters one will become absorbed into such Intense and disturbing accounts. Well written, demonstrates how a person can mentally justify to themselves that they were just ... Read More
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The Nazi Doctors
Evidence beyond refutation
For those studying the Holocaust, this description of the conversion of healers to murderers is powerful. Read More
