Breaking the Cycles of Hatred: Memory, Law, and Repair

by Martha Minow

Book Overview

Violence so often begets violence. Victims respond with revenge only to inspire seemingly endless cycles of retaliation. Conflicts between nations, between ethnic groups, between strangers, and between family members differ in so many ways and yet often share this dynamic. In this powerful and timely book Martha Minow and others ask: What explains these cycles and what can break them? What lessons can we draw from one form of violence that might...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691096635
• ISBN13: 9780691096636
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 8.7"