READING LIBRARY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE'S BEST PAPERS AND ESSAYS ON COLLECTIVE FORMS OF VIOLENCE (war, genocide and terrrorism)
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PLEASE SCROLL DOWN NOW TO SEE THE NAMES AND PHOTOS OF CONTRIBUTORS--CLICK THE LINK BENEATH EACH NAME/PHOTO TO READ THE DOCUMENT HE OR SHE HAS AUTHORED.

Dear Colleague,

I realized that after sending out the photos of people who have contributed to the Library of Social Science in the past by authoring papers and essay--that not ever link to the documents was active. I have corrected this. You may now read any of the documents below by clicking the links below the author's name and photo.

Please scroll down now to see the photos of the authors who have contributed and published with LSS. And please click the links to read their essays/papers. 

I think you'll find that this collection of papers, essays and book reviews to be among the finest resources ever assembled on the history, psychology and anthropology of collective forms of violence (war, genocide and terrorism).

There is no charge to read these wonderful, insightful papers and essays. The magic (and mystery, to me) of digitalization makes this possible. Don't feel guilty! Take of the opportunity advantage and read these papers. They will contribute significantly to your own research.

SIMPLY CLICK THROUGH THE LINK BELOW THE NAME AND PHOTO OF EACH AUTHOR TO ACCESS THE DOCUMENT YOU'D LIKE TO READ.

I'm grateful to each and author who has contributed their knowledge, wisdom, experience and writing skill (at no charge, by the way) to this important enterprise.

Best regards,

Richard Koenigsberg, PhD
Director, Library of Social Science

PS: The document below is orthogonal to--separate from--the  CONSORTIUM/THINK-TANK TO STUDY VIOLENT POLITICAL EXTREMISM that is in the process of coming into being.

It is my way of thanking authors who have contributed in the past--with the purpose of making their important papers, essays and documents available--to the benefit  of the 7616 people who receive the Library of Social Science's Newsletters. 
Michael Vlahos

Rites of Spring 		Kelly Denton-Borhaug Review of War and the
American Difference 		Alexander Chirila
Creating the Idealized Nemesis
Michael Geyer
The Nazi-Soviet War as a System of Violence 		Myra Mendible Post-Vietnam Syndrome Murray Schwartz  
Review of A Century
of Genocide
Pingchao Zhu
Mao’s Martyrs 		Walter Skya Culture of Death:
Japanese Nationalism		 Scott Atran
The Devoted Actor
Uriel Abulof

The Liberal Uncanny 		Geoffrey Cocks The Body Politic Brian Crim
Review of SS Thinking
and the Holocaust
Sam Cox

Review of Nations Have
the Right to Kill 		Yael Feldman Dying for the Motherland Emilio Gentile
A Never-Never Religion
Liah Greenfeld Review of Metaphor, Nation and the Holocaust Roger Griffin The Meaning of ‘Sacrifice’ Nicoletta Gullace
White Feathers and
Wounded Men
Adam Henry The Nation-State,
Killing and Death 		Jeffrey Herf The Jewish Enemy James Jones
Why Does Religion
Turn Violent?
Paul Kahn
Political Evil 		Akio Kimura
Mishima’s Negative
Political Theology 		Alan Kramer Dynamic of Destruction
Renee Lockwood
Sacrifice and the Creation
of Group of Identity 		Carolyn Marvin
Blood Sacrifice and
the Nation 		Agnieszka Soltysik Monnet
War and National Renewal
Gerald V. O'Brien Metaphors of Immigrants Meghan O’Donnell
Death, Sacrifice and Ruin
in Third Reich Germany 		Panayiotis Demopoulos
Suicide Music and the
National Self
David Redles Dietrich Eckart & the Religious Origins of the Holocaust Michael Roberts Nationalism & the Ideology of Sacrificial Death Rana Salimi
Review of Awaiting the Heavenly Country
Elaine Scarry
The Body in Pain 		Jonna Scutts
Review of Dynamic
of Destruction		 Ruth Stein Fundamentalism, Father
and Son, & Vertical Desire
Ivan Strenski
How to Think About
Suicide Bombers 		Mikkel Thorup
Total Enemies 		Brian Victoria

Holy War