Editorial Review

The plans of Adolf Hitler and the German Nazis to create a Nordic "master race" are often looked upon as a horrific but fairly isolated effort. Less notice has historically been given to the American eugenics movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Although their methods were less violent, the methodology and rationalewhich the American eugenicists employed, as catalogued in Edwin Black's Read more

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War agaisnt the weak, proves that we are no longer weak
Edwin Black writes books, that not only move you emotionally, but educate you with page turning energy. This is a book that will not only scare you and tell you about the horrors of what mankind can think of but how this type of horror can become "commonplace" in a society that goes mad. This book is relevant today as never before, as we are facing a crisis of war against the "infidels", which in its own wayis a war against the weak, or the politically correct who refuse to acknowlege that we are fighting a war of terror, under the guise of religion, and one party choosing who lives and who dies. This book is well researched, documented, and filled with facts. Bravo to Edwin Black. Now if only the State department could reead this.................

History as Pop Culture
"War Against the Weak" takes American history as a facet of pop culture. While factually based, Black undermines the historical importance of eugenics and the debate. Black, a journalist by nature, is not a historian and his book should not be taken as a solely historical text. While he does cite his evidence, Black only touches the surface of Eugenic history. Ultimately, "War Against the Weak" was written for popular reading and is an adequate basis for those with no knowledge on the subject

Horrible history - important book
Black is researched and sourced to the point his index requires its own hardcover publication. His book is somewhere between straight reporting and a cry for justice, but Black is no drama queen. This is a well documented, studiously researched and well-written journal of how American eugenics gave nod to mass murder in Europe. Black is nothing if not deliberate in his sourcing and is as learned on the subject of eugenics as anyone. Well worth the time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Conspiracy & Scandal Investigations    2. Ethics    3. Ethnic Studies - General    4. Eugenics    5. Government policy    6. History    7. History: American    8. Human reproduction    9. Politics / Current Events    10. Social Science    11. Sterilization (Birth control)    12. United States    13. Ethnic studies    14. Population & demography    15. USA    16. c 1900 - c 1914   

Subjects:  1. African Americans    2. Discrimination & Racism    3. History    4. History - General History    5. History - U.S.    6. History: American    7. Human Sexuality    8. Political History    9. Sex customs    10. Sexual behavior    11. Social conditions    12. United States - 20th Century (1900-1945)    13. United States - State & Local - South    14. Virginia    15. Family & relationships    16. History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)    17. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    18. Political control & freedoms    19. Population & demography    20. Second World War, 1939-1945    21. sexual regulation; Virginia; eugenic sterilization; interracial marriage laws; movie censorship; birth control promotion; venereal disease control; prostitution regulation; disfranchisement; public health; sexual danger; Norfolk, Virginia; Richmond, Virginia; Hampton Roads, Virginia; Albemarle County, Virginia; Walter Plecker; Racial Integrity Act; miscegenation; Buck vs. Bell; Medical Society of Virginia; Roy Flannagan; Ennion Williams; syphilis; Julius Rosenwald Fund; David W. Byrd; National Medical Association; Irl Cephas Riggin; Barber Bill; premarital testing; Mary B. Baughman; Virginia Birth Control League; Virginia League for Planned Parenthood; social hygiene; Robert Moses; May Act; Loving v. Virginia   

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The Mad Scientists of Eugenics
The Sterilization of Carrie Buck, by J. David Smith and K. Ray Nelson Read more

Subjects:  1. Biography / Autobiography    2. General    3. Human Fertility    4. Buck, Carrie    5. Trials, litigation, etc   

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Subjects:  1. Abortion    2. Birth control    3. Civil Procedure    4. Human Fertility    5. Law and legislation    6. Legal Reference / Law Profession    7. Popular works    8. Reference    9. Sterilization (Birth control)    10. United States   

Subjects:  1. Artificial insemination, Human    2. Birth control    3. Euthanasia    4. Homosexuality    5. Law and ethics    6. Sterilization (Birth control)    7. Suicide   

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