What transformed moral citizens into guillotine cannibals during the French Revolution and the Great Reign of Terror? The answer, argues Eli Sagan, is the exact same force which has killed millions of people in the twentieth century-ideological terror. "Citizens and Cannibals" offers readers the most comprehensive and incisive explanation of the gruesome Terror, its causes, and its consequences for the modern world. The French Revolution introduced ideological terror to the world, but Hitler, Stalin, and other dictators guaranteed its survival into the twentieth century. "Citizens and Cannibals" is a ground-breaking look at a topic that has fascinated generations of historians.

Author BBiography: Eli Sagan is the author of several books, most recently "The Honey and the Hemlock" (Basic Books) and " At the Dawn of Tyranny" (Knopf). He lives in Englewood, NJ with his wife Frimi.