&quote;Goldhagen Effect&quote;

Stepping back from the immediate controversy surrounding the merits and shortcomings of Daniel Jonah Goldhagen''s Hitler''s Willing Executioners, this edited volume intervenes in the continuing discussion by exploring aspects of the public''s reception to Goldhagen''s book--what the authors call the "Goldhagen Effect." The first essay, by Omer Bartov, examines the extent to which the book''s recep...