On Killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Rev. ed.
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Publication
2009 - Back Bay Books (Little, Brown and Co.), New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
94,250 words, Guess
Page Count
377 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- ISBN-100316040932
- ISBN-139780316040938
- LibraryThing8456
- Goodreads6416083
- Library of Congress Control Number2009924950
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL23638068M
Classifications
- DDC355.001/9
- LCCU22.3 .G76 2009
Description
The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques, and, according to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's thesis, is responsible for our rising rate of murder among the young. Upon its initial publication, On Killing was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects soldiers, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent trends in crime, suicide bombings, school shootings, and more. - Publisher.
First Sentence
One of the roots of our misunderstanding of the psychology of the battlefield lies in the misapplication of the fight-or-fight model to the stresses of the battlefield.
Excerpt
One of the roots of our misunderstanding of the psychology of the battlefield lies in the misapplication of the fight-or-fight model to the stresses of the battlefield.
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