Robert Jay Lifton
Professor, Author
1926 –
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Who is Robert Jay Lifton?
Robert Jay Lifton is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of war and political violence and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.
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- Born
- May 16, 1926
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Robert J. Lifton
- Spouses
- Betty Jean Lifton
(1952 - )
- Betty Jean Lifton
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Cornell University
- Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College
Medicine
( - 1948)
- Employment
- Yale University
- Harvard University
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Lived in
- Greater Boston
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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