A World Ignited How Apostles of Ethnic, Religious, and Racial Hatred Torch the Globe

by Tolchin, Martin; Tolchin, Susan J.

• ISBN13: 9780742536579
• ISBN10: 0742536572
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-30
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

A World Ignited is about the surge of anger that has swept the world in the last decade, its myriad causes, its toll in lives and human misery. This anger is amplified by modern, especially television and the Internet, and made more lethal by modern weaponry, and unprecedented tactics that strive for mass death and anguish. The authors conclude in an upbeat manner with a look at the politics of hope and what can be done to halt, and even reverse, this cacophony of hate.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface	p. xiii
Ancient Hatreds, Modern Wars	p. 1
Anti-Semitism: "That Very Light Sleeper"	p. 13
Religion and the Rise of Anger	p. 41
The Psychology of Anger: Humiliation and Defeat	p. 77
Blood Diamonds: Economic Rights and World Anger	p. 99
Sadat and the "October 6 Victory": From Anger to Peace	p. 123
Hearts and Minds: Foreign Policy and World Anger	p. 135
Megabytes of Hate	p. 171
The Politics of Hope	p. 185
Global Anti-Semitism	p. 209
Genocide and the Twentieth Century	p. 215
Truth Commissions: Varieties of Justice	p. 217
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 237
About the Authors	p. 245
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