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Most closely associated today with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. Less frequently is it depicted as a movement having links to the United States. But eugenics does have a history in this country, and Mark Largent tells that story by exploring one of the most disturbing aspects,...

This book disentangles competing claims, opens the controversy for critical reflection, and provides recommendations for moving forward.

A modern medical mystery about an illness that ravaged healthy children, changed policy, and vanished before a cause was found

Most closely associated with the Nazis and World War II atrocities, eugenics is sometimes described as a government-orchestrated breeding program, other times as a pseudo-science, and often as the first step leading to genocide. This book explores one of its most disturbing aspects, the compulsory sterilization of more than 64, 000 Americans.