The Author: Daniel Gasman is Professor of Modern European History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in European History from the University of Chicago, and has also taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and at Yeshiva University. In 1987 he lectured at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris as a Directeur d'Études. An earlier book, The Scientific Origins of National Socialism, has received international recognition as a pioneering work in its field.

The Author: Daniel Gasman is Professor of Modern European History at John Jay College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He received his Ph.D. in European History from the University of Chicago, and has also taught at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and at Yeshiva University. In 1987 he lectured at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris as a Directeur d'Études. An earlier book, The Scientific Origins of National Socialism, has received international recognition as a pioneering work in its field.