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Dave Grossman On Killing (Paperback). Author: Dave Grossman. Title: On Killing. Release Date: 06/01/2009. Format: Paperback. Release Year: 2009. Item Height: 210mm. Country/Region of Manufacture: US. Language: English. Further DetailsTitle: On Killing Condition: New Subtitle: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society Author: Dave Grossman Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0316040932 EAN: 9780316040938 ISBN: 9780316040938 Publisher: Back Bay Books Genre: Society & Culture Release Date: 06/01/2009 Description: 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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 210mm Item Length: 142mm Item Width: 28mm Item Weight: 360g Release Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
