don beck and chris cowan: a spiral view of terrorism.

lloyd demause: "the purpose of this book is to reveal for the first time how the ultimate cause of all wars and human misery is the parental holocaust of children throughout history – an untold story of how literally billions of innocent, helpless children have been routinely killed, bound, battered, mutilated, raped and tortured and then as adults have inflicted upon others the nightmares they themselves experienced".

of special interest is chapter 2 of the book: "not every american president has been able to resist his nation's call for war. studies have shown the main determinant is the kind of childhood the president has experienced".

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