Just Revenge

By Allan Dershowitz and Alan M. Dershowitz

Book Overview

In this gripping morality tale of revenge from a bestselling author and world-renowned lawyer, Max Menuchen comes face-to-face with the man who slaughtered his family and contemplates murder. By the time an attorney comes to his defense, Max has already carried out an astounding act of revenge. So begins America's great Holocaust trial.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446608718
• ISBN13: 9780446608718
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Warner Books (NY)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

It may be fiction but-----

Alan Dershowitz has written a story of questioning theory.He is a thinking interlectual with a clear mind toward the pro and con of our countrys laws. This story is in the back of many of our minds. what if your family was wiped out by someone and you were left what would you do, or feel, or want? I would recommend this book highly to anyone that ever observed a criminal situation and said "if he would have done that to my family I would have_____!!! The book is a thinking mans read enjoy it.

Superb Read

I truly enjoyed this book. It is entertaining and educational.I could not put it down...

One of the best books...

I've read in a long time. Dershowitz writes a book that asks a compelling moral question. The characters in this book are incredibly likeable, and it is amazing the way Dershowitz makes the reader feel compassion for a man who committed horrible and unforgiveable acts years ago. This story portrays two sides of an unthinkable, yet very real, historical tragedy. Does a person have the right to seak revenge on a person who years ago, during the Nazi era, committed unthinkable acts of malice? Read this book and you will be intrigued.

A time to remember, and a time to avenge...

Dershowitz reminds us that for victims of an atrocity such as the Holocaust, remembering is not enough. I felt Max's anguish and cheered him on - but also felt relieved that his revenge was visited upon the evil-doer rather than creating more innocent victims. Like Simon Wiesenthal in the "Sunflower," and Jerry Marcus in "Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and Zev," Dershowitz shows an exquisite sensitivity to the plight of those who survived the Holocaust and live daily with its legacy. He also understands that evil must be rooted out at its source - which is "Just Revenge."

Thought provoking and moving

This book makes you FEEL as well as think about an extremely disturbing moral and legal dilemma. It tempts readers to sympathize, if only for a moment and if only at a very human level, with the desire for a terrible act of revenge against a former Nazi butcher, including the death of innocent family members. It then turns around and invites the reader to sympathize, if only for a moment and at a very human level, with the desire for vengeance by the son of the former Nazi butcher. Finally, it forces readers to decide what kind of punishment the law itself is entitled to impose. The most "annoying" thing about the book is that it NEVER oversimplifies, on either legal or moral issues. It will really engage readers who are not satisfied with pat solutions, and are willing to learn something about themselves from their own reactions to a very suspenseful told story.