Robert Jay Lifton’s “Witness to an Extreme Century” book publishedJune 16, 2011 - 11:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Robert Jay Lifton has been a witness, in the broadest, most profound, meaning of that word to many of the most traumatic events or movements of the past century: Nazism, Hiroshima, the Vietnam war and veterans, political and religious cults, torture and brainwashing, nuclear weapons and first-strike, the Iraq war, and so much more. He is also the author of publications on the Armenian Genocide and Turkey’s attempts to deny this crime against humanity perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the 20th century. He’s written dozens of books but has not written a memoir, but now his book, Witness to an Extreme Century, has just been published, The Nation reports, describing the book as “an excellent and important work, and remarkably easy to read despite the often grim subject matter.” Witness is also a kind of love story, as Lifton chronicles the adventures he shared with his late wife Betty Jean Lifton. Lifton remains fully engaged in current issues. He recently wrote for the IHT and New York Times on Hiroshima and Fukushima, and he has a new op-ed set to be published this week. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Lemkin Institue slams Pashinyan's “cryptic engagement with Genocide denial” The Lemkin Institute is alarmed over Pashinyan’s statements “questioning Armenia's legal basis to pursue justice against Turkey”. Armenia votes for UN resolution granting Palestine new rights The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on May 10 to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine. EU still discussing funding Armenia through European Peace Facility Discussions continue in the EU on providing Armenia with funds from the European Peace Facility, Vassilis Maragos says. Greek-Armenian organizations support "Tavush for Motherland" Greek-Armenian organizations have expressed support for the campaign led by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. |