One hundred million people died in twentieth century wars; but during the same period; more than a quarter of a billion people were murdered by their own governments. This human catastrophe is the subject of Deadly Dictators: Masterminds of Twentieth Century Genocides. This thought-provoking chronology explores the lives and crimes of Joseph Stalin; father of the Soviet Gulag; Dominican dictator Raphael Trujillo; who committed serial sexual violation of his nation's women; Adolf Hitler; the Nazi fanatic who unleashed the Holocaust; the Kims of North Korea; who imposed a savage slavery on their people; Mao Zedong; the last emperor of China; who starved tens of millions; the Duvaliers of Haiti; who used Voudou hit squads in their vicious repression; Idi Amin; who launched a tribally-based genocide in Uganda; Pol Pot; the Cambodian ideologue who cultivated the "Killing Fields;" Saddam Hussein; who exterminated Iraqi citizens with nerve agents and Théoneste Bagosora; the architect of the apocalypse in Rwanda that slaughtered 800;000 people in only one hundred days.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fine insights into Heschel's thinkingBy Daniel HorwitzAn outstanding book. Those familiar with Heschel's work will increase their understanding of it; those not familiar with it are advised to go directly to "Search Books". Marmur capably illustrates the root principles of Heschel's thought within the many varieties of rabbinic literature and Scripture.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Melvin Scultgreat work. important. loaded with new insights.
