Daniel Jonah Goldhagen

A paradigm-changing investigation into the phenomenon of genocide and mass killing--explaining why genocides begin, are sustained, and end; why societies support them and why they happen so frequently; and how the international community should and can successfully stop them.

The author describes an unprecedented and global rise in anti-Semitism being fueled by technology and spread by politicians, religious leaders and intellectuals on every continent.

Follows author Daniel Jonah Goldhagen's travels and offers insights into genocide's dimensions, causes, and patterns and the role it plays in politics and human affairs.