Quote of the day
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
Robert Jay Lifton
Born: May 16, 1926 (age 97)
Bio: Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.
Known for:
- The Nazi doctors (1986)
- Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima (1968)
- Witness to an Extreme Century: A Memoir (2011)
- Hiroshima in America (1995)