Why the Nations Rage

A clearly written examination of religious nationalism and mass murder.Nationalism is one of the most potent forces of the 20th century. Tens of millions have died as a result of wars since 1900. Nationalism has been blamed as the cause for many of them, right up to the recent conflict and ``ethnic cleansing'' in Bosnia. In Why the Nations Rage, historian Chistopher Catherwood looks at nationalism and how it has merged in lethal combination with religion. Among the questions he addresses are: How do the peace-bearing tenets of religion become so perverted as to arouse hatred and war? How do nations become so unbalanced that to murder one's neighbor is regarded as good rather than evil? This accessibly written examination helps us to better understand one of the crucial issues of our time. Christopher Catherwood is a historian and Senior Research Associate at St Edmund's College, Cambridge. He has traveled extensively in the former Yugoslavia and other trouble spots. 271 pp 5 x 8