The title question, Mr. Buckley tells us, "recalls a book published in Great

Britain not so long after the end of the Second World War in which the author, Victor

Gollancz, wondered out loud whether such evil instincts as produced Hitler lay inchoate

in human beings at large. The question, the gravest one can ask about the human race, is

sharply etched" in Mr. Goldhagen's new book. A grim but profound discussion of this

disquieting subject. DIG: "People are socialized by the societies in which they grow up.

And in many societies, historically, people have believed all kinds of things about other

groups of people which have led them to commit acts which we abhor." ... "Learning is

not an inoculation against prejudice; cultivation is not an inoculation against prejudice."