Robert Jay Lifton

Robert Jay Lifton
Lifton in 2000
Born	(1926-05-16) May 16, 1926 (age 98) Brooklyn, New York, US
Alma mater	Cornell University New York Medical College
Known for	Author, Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism; Death in Life: Survivors of Hiroshima; The Nazi Doctors: Medical Killing and the Psychology of Genocide
Scientific career
Fields	psychiatry, psychohistory, mind control, thought reform
Institutions	Washington School of Psychiatry Harvard University John Jay College of Criminal Justice Yale University

Robert Jay Lifton (born May 16, 1926) is an American psychiatrist and author, chiefly known for his studies of the psychological causes and effects of wars and political violence, and for his theory of thought reform. He was an early proponent of the techniques of psychohistory.