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In War Is Not Inevitable: On the Psychology of War and Aggression, Henri Parens eloquently refutes Freud's death instinct, arguing that it predisposes man to inevitable patterns of self-destruction. Parens's experience as a child of the Nazi Holocaust and years of extraordinary research have been crystallized in his latest and most important book. If only we could all begin to be revivified by these writings and start the process of prevention he has outlined. This wise man should give all of us pause to think. -- Stuart W. Twemlow, MD, Baylor College of Medicine After the last century with all its wars, the Holocaust, and the other genocides, Henri Parens takes up Einstein's question to Freud: 'Why war?' Parens's profound and impressive knowledge from his extensive research on child rearing, aggression, and the relationship of injured narcissism and hostile destructiveness in individual relationships and large groups which he uses to answer this question. He provides a passionate and thought-provoking approach linking psychoanalysis and history to present ways to have a future without war. -- Werner Bohleber, PhD.

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Henri Parens, FACPsa, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College as well as training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia.

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