War & Democide: Never Happen (Never Again)

336 Pages·2004·0.9 MB·English

by  R. J. Rummel

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NEVER AGAIN Book 1

WAR & DEMOCIDE
NEVER AGAIN

R.J. RUMMEL

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rummel, R. J. (Rudolph J.), 1932-
War & democide : never happen / R.J. Rummel.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-59526-301-2 (hc. : alk. paper) -- ISBN 1-59526-300-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
I. Title: War and democide. II. Title.
PS3568.U447W37 2004
813'.6--dc22
2003027418
Relevant books by R.J. Rummel
Understanding Conflict and War (five volumes)
Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocide and Mass Murder since
1917
China’s Bloody Century: Genocide and Mass Murder
since 1900
Democide: Nazi Genocide and Mass Murder
Death By Government
Statistics of Democide.
Power Kills: Democracy as a Method of Nonviolence
Saving Lives, Enriching Life: Freedom as a Right and a
Moral Good (online book)

Pray tell, my brother,
Why do dictators kill and make war?
For glory, for things, for beliefs, out of hatred;
For power.
Yes, but more because they can.

Acknowledgements

I owe many thanks to the thorough evaluation, many helpful sug-
gestions, and careful editing of Marg Gilks. I also owe much to my
daughter Dawn Rummel, who in her many helpful suggestions for im-
proving the novel hit just the right buttons. I also am indebted to the
many visitors to my website at www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/ who com-
mented on or questioned the material there. They often had an impact
on this novel.
Thanks to Nicholas Gordon for the use of his poem, "Souls Do Not
Disintegrate and Die," in the Epilogue.
And foremost, is my wife Grace. She made this novel possible.
Without her, I could not have written it. A kiss, sweetheart.
To be sure, this is a book of fiction. Although some characters may
in name and position bear a striking resemblance to historical figures,
they are fictional. Nonetheless, I must say that whatever errors of fic-
tional facts exist are mine, and wholly mine.