Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.
Read more about Robert Jay Lifton: Holocaust Research, Biography, The Wellfleet Psychohistory Group, Theory of Thought Reform, Studies of War and Atrocity Survivors, Theories of Totalism and The Protean Self, Critiques of Modern War and Terrorism, Bibliography
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