Dear Colleague,

Thank you for following the discussions on the Ideologies of War, Genocide and Terror Newsletter.

I don't know if you are aware of the fact that LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE (my publisher) is offering a FREE COPY of my recently released title Nations Have the Right to Kill if you will simply REQUEST THAT YOUR LIBRARY ORDER A COPY. Details on the offer (and a flyer on my book) appear directly below.

Please check the Google Preview of the book here.

If you wish to receive your free copy of Nations Have the Right to Kill, simply respond to this email saying that you will place a request with your library.

I hope you will take advantage of this opportunity.

With best regards,

Richard Koenigsberg

 

HOW TO RECEIVE A FREE COPY OF NATIONS HAVE A RIGHT TO KILL

Response to Nations Have the Right to Kill—recently published by LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE—suggests that this is a work of fundamental significance on the sources of societal forms of violence—such as war and genocide. The book description—including praise from many prominent scholars—appears directly below.

Libraries throughout the US and the world now own Nations Have the Right to Kill, but according to WorldCat (the catalogue of library collections), your library does not.

As publisher of this important title, we want to make certain that every US college library owns a copy. The book's Google Preview appears here.

COMPLETE ORDERING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED BELOW. Please use this information to fill out your standard library request form or forward/bring the flyer to your librarian.

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Library of Social Science Announces the Publication of NATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL: Hitler, the Holocaust and War ÂÂ

A work of stunning originality, Nations Have the Right to Kill changes forever our understanding of the motives that drive nation-states toward destruction and self-destruction. Since publication in July 2009, Dr. Koenigsberg's study of the ideologies that generate political violence has generated excitement and discussion throughout the world. PRAISE FOR NATIONS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KILL "Two terrors from long ago haunt us still. First, the Holocaust: that cold-blooded massacre of millions. Second, the ability of political leaders during two World Wars to convince ordinary people that slaughtering their neighbors was patriotic. A half-century later, we continue to ask: how was this possible? Richard A. Koenigsberg offers provocative answers. Koenigsberg's analysis ranges from gender identity, to the First World War, to Aztec warfare.  No single answer will exorcize our terrors. But Koenigsberg's bold and original approach, clearly and precisely presented, will help us, if not to expel them, at least, finally, to comprehend them."—Robert Whalen, History Department Chairman, Queens University of Charlotte, author of Bitter Wounds: German Victims of the Great War, 1914-1939 "Richard Koenigsberg is an intrepid generator of ideas on human violence and destructiveness— ideas that are startling all the more for being self-evident once they have been absorbed. His ideas cut through conventional notions about culture and war, enabling us to understand human institutions in utterly new ways."—Ruth Stein, Ph.D., Clinical Professor, New York University, author of For Love of the Father (Stanford University Press) "Richard Koenigsberg skillfully confronts the taken-for-granted worlds of nationalism and political realism. The strength of this book rests in fleshing out original arguments and grounding them in historical evidence. Throwing back the curtains on the nation-state, Koenigsberg interrogates motivations behind the human tragedies of the two World Wars."—Matthew Eddy, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion "This is psychological inquiry of great depth and tragic urgency. A deep humanity and ethical urgency informs this book which is full of original and provocative insights."—Walter A. Davis, Professor Emeritus, Ohio State University "Dr. Koenigsberg's is a message that anyone with an interest in changing the course of human history should internalize and reflect upon. Can human beings transcend war? If so, Nations Have the Right to Kill will be one of our most important guides. Its striking lucidity will be a catalyst for our collective evolution."—Lee Hall, JD "Despite the vast body of research devoted to the Holocaust, Nations Have the Right to Kill marks a seminal contribution to our understanding of this act of genocide."—Brian A. Victoria, Professor of Japanese Studies, Antioch University, author of Zen at War "Combining solid historical scholarship and profound psychological insight, this book is recommended for courses that address the whys of the Holocaust, as well as historical and contemporary genocides. Koenigsberg opens the door to a host of further explorations."—Dr. Steven Leonard Jacobs, Department of Religious Studies and Chair of Judaic Studies, University of Alabama "Nations Have the Right to Kill is a fresh and passionate mode of theorizing war."—Professor Babak Rahimi, Program for the Study of Religion, University of California, San Diego "Nations have the Right to Kill is a passionate monograph that presents a searing criticism of the sacrificial ideology that mobilizes people for war."—Michael Roberts, Professor of Anthropology, University of Adelaide Nations Have the Right to Kill: Hitler, the Holocaust and War [Hardcover] ISBN: 9780915042241 List Price: $ 45.95 Trim Size: 6" x 9"