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On Killing The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War & Society

by Dave Grossman
On Killing The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War & Society

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ISBN13: 9780316040938
ISBN10: 0316040932



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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. The result is a work certain to be relevant and important for decades to come.

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The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic, hailed by the Washington Post as "an illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed."
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. The result is a work certain to be relevant and important for decades to come.
"Powerfully argued...Full of arresting observations and insights." --New York Times

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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. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military techniques.

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A former army Ranger and paratrooper, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman taught psychology at West Point and was the professor of Military Science at Arkansas State University.

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I stumbled across this book as a research tool for a novel I was working on in hopes to get inside a soldiers head, and I was not disappointed. Grossman takes the reader on an eye opening tour of how the military has shaped people through the years so they are better equipped to kill. As a layman I found the book very easy to read, As a historian I loved the unbiased way in which Grossman dissected past wars and as a researcher I relished the way that Grossman did not shrink from difficult subjects.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316040938
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
06/01/2009
Publisher:
HACHETTE BOOK GROUP
Pages:
416
Height:
1.20IN
Width:
5.40IN
Thickness:
1.25
Number of Units:
1
Illustration:
Yes
Copyright Year:
2009
UPC Code:
2800316040930
Author:
Dave Grossman
Author:
LT Col Dave Grossman
Subject:
Psychology, military
Subject:
Combat -- Psychological aspects.

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