War against the weak

Award-winning investigative journalist Edwin Black’s latest book is highly relevant to the assisted dying debate…

Disability Capital, the Mayor of London’s disability and deaf equality conference, took place on 8th October. A highlight of this year’s event was a keynote presentation from Edwin Black, the author of War Against the Weak – America’s campaign to create a master race.

Black, an award-winning investigative journalist, has written a carefully researched, well-referenced and detailed work about the American early twentieth century’s eugenics movement. It features a specific chapter on the use of euthanasia in eugenics programmes.

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