Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. is Distinguished Professor
of Psychiatry and Psychology and Director, Center on Violence and Human
Survival, John Jay College of Criminal Justice and the Graduate Center, City
University of New York. Dr. Lifton has written many books and professional
articles, including Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, The Nazi
Doctors, and Destroying the Word to Save It. (rjlifton@jjay.cuny.edu)