Section 1. Discovering the world -- and its totalism -- The decision -- Method and research -- Finding a mentor -- Finding a voice -- with help from friends -- Further struggles with totalism -- section 2. "Hiroshima had disappeared" -- Getting to Hiroshima -- The visceral immersion -- Entrapment by the bomb -- Dr. Hiroshima -- section 3. Vietnam and the sixties -- Responding to slaughter -- Existential evil -- "The sixties" -- Home from the war -- section 4. Nazi doctors -- did it really happen? -- Strong enough stomach? -- Sitting down with Nazi doctors -- Historical encounters -- Annihilated by Europe -- The infernal chorus -- section 5. Next steps -- Coming home -- Full circle.
Summary
A personal account by the Harvard Medical School lecturer and political activist traces his explorations into the psychological sources and consequences of some of the past half-century's most disturbing events as experienced by its victims and perpetrators.