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- Textbook
- ISBN
- 9780316040938
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316040932
ISBN-13
9780316040938
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71690763
Product Key Features
Book Title
On Killing : the Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Number of Pages
416 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2009
Topic
Military Science, Military / General, Law Enforcement, Violence in Society, Criminology
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Revised
Genre
Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
13 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-924950
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
355.001/9
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
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., The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The psychological cost for the rest of us is even more so: 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 first 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 the soldier, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent crime rates, suicide bombings, school shootings, and much more. The result is a work that is sure to be relevant and important for decades to come., An updated edition of a perennial bestseller--the "illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experience of having killed." - Washington Post, The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat, 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." In World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of combat infantry were willing to fire their rifles. In Korea, about 50 percent. In Vietnam, the figure rose to more than 90 percent. The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways sophisticated ways of overcoming that instinctive aversion. The psychological cost for soldiers, as evidenced by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. This landmark study brilliantly illuminates the techniques the military uses to help soldiers kill and raises vital questions about the implications of escalating violence in our society. "Powerfully argued...Full of arresting observations and insights." -- New York Times
LC Classification Number
U22.3.G76 2009
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