This book presents a profound comparative study of the twentieth century’s two most destructive ideological systems—Communism and Nazism—and examines why the Shoah remains historically and morally unique. Alain Besançon analyzes the philosophical roots, political methods, and human consequences of totalitarian regimes, highlighting the deep differences in their motivations and atrocities…
This book is not a prediction but an urgent warning. It is about the state of global politics today, about what may happen by the onset of the twenty-first century, and also about what must not be allowed to happen. My concern that global change is out of control involves a necessarily subjective interpretation of the political meaning and message of our time.