About This Book
Six Case Histories That Tell Us Why
by GERALD SCHOENEWOLF
America has become the mass killing capital of the world. This volume, written by a well-known psychoanalyst and author, is a psychological study of mass killers that helps us
understand how America got that way. It dismisses the popular theme linking mass killings to the availability of guns in America. Guns have always been available in the USA, but
mass killings began to multiply in the 1970s. The author probes why mass killings became so rampant at that time and how deteriorating families and a dysfunctional culture
contributed to the rise of such killings. He expertly explains mass killings by presenting six case histories of some of the most famous mass killers in a highly absorbing narrative
style, describing the early family lives of the killers, the killings, the culture in which they happened, and an analysis of the killings and their aftermath. This is a book that, as the
subtitle denotes, truly tells us why these mass killings happened. It includes an introduction that provides a broad perspective of the topic and an explanation of how the three
stages of rage are central to such killings. It closes with suggestions of how mass killings can be prevented.
SIX NOTED MASS KILLERS STUDIED IN THE BOOK
