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A review by mattmclean
War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America's Campaign to Create a Master Race by Edwin Black
challenging
dark
informative
slow-paced
4.0
Tons of great information. I feel like the writer kinda got lost in the sauce in regards to listing out eugenic publications and writers. But it was very interesting to see how some of these turned into "reformed" genetic publications.
Overall, very dark (I read a lot of dark shit, and I would have to put this down constantly because it was so upsetting/frustrating) and informative. The only thing I was unsure of is if the extreme medical tests the author says Mengele ran is true (like sewing two twins together). According to Behind the Bastards podcast episode on the Mengele episodes, we have not confirmed if this is true or false. Obviously, the dude was a monster and should burn forever, but I'm not 100% that claim in the book is true. I'll have to read more on it
Overall, very dark (I read a lot of dark shit, and I would have to put this down constantly because it was so upsetting/frustrating) and informative. The only thing I was unsure of is if the extreme medical tests the author says Mengele ran is true (like sewing two twins together). According to Behind the Bastards podcast episode on the Mengele episodes, we have not confirmed if this is true or false. Obviously, the dude was a monster and should burn forever, but I'm not 100% that claim in the book is true. I'll have to read more on it