The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundreds of millions dead, would seem to prove that human beings are incredibly vicious predators and that killing is as natural as eating. But Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, a psychologist and U.S. Army
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Societyby Dave Grossman
β Scribed by Review by: Eliot A. Cohen
- Book ID
- 125228794
- Publisher
- Council on Foreign Relations
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 75
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0015-7120
- DOI
- 10.2307/20047512
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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society is a book by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman exploring the psychology of the act of killing and the military and law enforcement establishmentsβ attempt to understand and deal with the consequences of killing. The book is heavily bas