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On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, Dave Grossman
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- Summary
- Updated to include information on twenty-first century military conflicts, recent crime rates, suicide bombings, school shootings, and much more, this account looks at the techniques the military uses to overcome soldiers' reluctance to kill and examines the psychological cost on fighting men and women as well as the detrimental effects on society
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Extent
- xxxvi, 377 pages
- Contents
-
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction to the revised edition
- Introduction
- section I. Killing and the existence of resistance : a world of virgins studying sex
- 1. Fight or flight, posture or submit
- 2. Nonfirers throughout history
- 3. Why can't Johnny kill?
- 4. The nature and source of the resistance
- section II. Killing and combat trauma : the role of killing in psychiatric causalities
- 1. The nature of psychiatric casualties : the psychological price of war
- 2. The reign of fear
- 3. The weight of exhaustion
- 4. The mud of guilt and horror
- 5. The wind of hate
- 6. The well of fortitude
- 7. The burden of killing
- 8. The blind men and the elephant
- section III. Killing and physical distance : from a distance, you don't look anything like a friend
- 1. Distance : a qualitative distinction in death
- 2. Killing at maximum and long range : never a need for repentance or regret
- 3. Killing at mid- and hand-grenade range : "you can never be sure it was you"
- 4. Killing at close range : "I knew that it was up to me, personally, to kill him"
- 5. Killing at edged-weapons range : an "intimate brutality"
- 6. Killing at hand-to-hand-combat range
- 7. Killing at sexual range : "the primal aggression, the release, and orgasmic discharge"
- section IV. An anatomy of killing : all factors considered
- 1. The demands of authority : Milgram and the military
- 2. Group absolution : "the individual is not a killer, but the group is"
- 3. Emotional distance : "to me they were less than animals"
- 4. The nature of the victim : relevance and payoff
- 5. Aggressive predisposition of the killer : avengers, conditioning, and the 2 percent who like it
- 6. All factors considered : the mathematics of death
- section V. Killing and atrocities : "no honor here, no virtue"
- 1. The full spectrum of atrocity
- 2. The dark power of atrocity
- 3. The entrapment of atrocity
- 4. A case study in atrocity
- 5. The greatest trap of all : to live with that which thou hath wrought
- section VI. The killing response stages
- 1. What does it feel like to kill?
- 2. Applications of the model : murder-suicides, lost elections, and thoughts of insanity
- section VII. Killing in Vietnam : what have we done to our soldiers?
- 1. Desensitization and conditioning in Vietnam : overcoming the resistance to killing
- 2. What have we done to our soldiers? The rationalization of killing and how it failed in Vietnam
- 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder and the cost of killing in Vietnam
- 4. The limits of human endurance and the lessons of Vietnam
- section VIII. Killing in America : what are we doing to our children?
- 1. A virus of violence
- 2. Desensitization and Pavlov's dog at the movies
- 3. B.F. Skinner's rats and operant conditioning at the video arcade
- 4. Social learning and role models in the media
- 5. The resensitization of America
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780316040938
- Label
- On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society
- Title
- On killing
- Title remainder
- the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society
- Statement of responsibility
- Dave Grossman
- Subject
-
- Armed Conflicts
- Armed Conflicts
- Combat -- Psychological aspects
- Combat -- Psychological aspects
- Combat -- Psychological aspects
- Gewalt
- Gewalt
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- psychology
- Homicide -- psychology
- Krieg
- Militärpsychologie
- Militärpsychologie
- Psychologie
- Applied psychology
- Psychology, Military
- Psychology, Military
- Psychology, Military
- Psychology, Military
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- psychology
- Violence -- psychology
- War -- Psychological aspects
- Psychologie
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Updated to include information on twenty-first century military conflicts, recent crime rates, suicide bombings, school shootings, and much more, this account looks at the techniques the military uses to overcome soldiers' reluctance to kill and examines the psychological cost on fighting men and women as well as the detrimental effects on society
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grossman, Dave
- Dewey number
- 355.001/9
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- U22.3
- LC item number
- .G76 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- NLM call number
- U 22.3
- NLM item number
- G878o 2009
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Combat
- Psychology, Military
- Homicide
- Violence
- Violence
- Homicide
- Psychology, Military
- Violence
- Armed Conflicts
- Combat
- Homicide
- Psychology, Military
- Violence
- Violence
- Gewalt
- Krieg
- Psychologie
- Militärpsychologie
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Applied psychology
- Homicide
- Violence
- Violence
- War
- Label
- On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, Dave Grossman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-358) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the revised edition -- Introduction -- section I. Killing and the existence of resistance : a world of virgins studying sex -- 1. Fight or flight, posture or submit -- 2. Nonfirers throughout history -- 3. Why can't Johnny kill? -- 4. The nature and source of the resistance -- section II. Killing and combat trauma : the role of killing in psychiatric causalities -- 1. The nature of psychiatric casualties : the psychological price of war -- 2. The reign of fear -- 3. The weight of exhaustion -- 4. The mud of guilt and horror -- 5. The wind of hate -- 6. The well of fortitude -- 7. The burden of killing -- 8. The blind men and the elephant -- section III. Killing and physical distance : from a distance, you don't look anything like a friend -- 1. Distance : a qualitative distinction in death -- 2. Killing at maximum and long range : never a need for repentance or regret -- 3. Killing at mid- and hand-grenade range : "you can never be sure it was you" -- 4. Killing at close range : "I knew that it was up to me, personally, to kill him" -- 5. Killing at edged-weapons range : an "intimate brutality" -- 6. Killing at hand-to-hand-combat range -- 7. Killing at sexual range : "the primal aggression, the release, and orgasmic discharge" -- section IV. An anatomy of killing : all factors considered -- 1. The demands of authority : Milgram and the military -- 2. Group absolution : "the individual is not a killer, but the group is" -- 3. Emotional distance : "to me they were less than animals" -- 4. The nature of the victim : relevance and payoff -- 5. Aggressive predisposition of the killer : avengers, conditioning, and the 2 percent who like it -- 6. All factors considered : the mathematics of death -- section V. Killing and atrocities : "no honor here, no virtue" -- 1. The full spectrum of atrocity -- 2. The dark power of atrocity -- 3. The entrapment of atrocity -- 4. A case study in atrocity -- 5. The greatest trap of all : to live with that which thou hath wrought -- section VI. The killing response stages -- 1. What does it feel like to kill? -- 2. Applications of the model : murder-suicides, lost elections, and thoughts of insanity -- section VII. Killing in Vietnam : what have we done to our soldiers? -- 1. Desensitization and conditioning in Vietnam : overcoming the resistance to killing -- 2. What have we done to our soldiers? The rationalization of killing and how it failed in Vietnam -- 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder and the cost of killing in Vietnam -- 4. The limits of human endurance and the lessons of Vietnam -- section VIII. Killing in America : what are we doing to our children? -- 1. A virus of violence -- 2. Desensitization and Pavlov's dog at the movies -- 3. B.F. Skinner's rats and operant conditioning at the video arcade -- 4. Social learning and role models in the media -- 5. The resensitization of America -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 427757599
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Extent
- xxxvi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316040938
- Lccn
- 2009924950
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 99934461695
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)427757599
- Label
- On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, Dave Grossman
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-358) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Acknowledgments -- Introduction to the revised edition -- Introduction -- section I. Killing and the existence of resistance : a world of virgins studying sex -- 1. Fight or flight, posture or submit -- 2. Nonfirers throughout history -- 3. Why can't Johnny kill? -- 4. The nature and source of the resistance -- section II. Killing and combat trauma : the role of killing in psychiatric causalities -- 1. The nature of psychiatric casualties : the psychological price of war -- 2. The reign of fear -- 3. The weight of exhaustion -- 4. The mud of guilt and horror -- 5. The wind of hate -- 6. The well of fortitude -- 7. The burden of killing -- 8. The blind men and the elephant -- section III. Killing and physical distance : from a distance, you don't look anything like a friend -- 1. Distance : a qualitative distinction in death -- 2. Killing at maximum and long range : never a need for repentance or regret -- 3. Killing at mid- and hand-grenade range : "you can never be sure it was you" -- 4. Killing at close range : "I knew that it was up to me, personally, to kill him" -- 5. Killing at edged-weapons range : an "intimate brutality" -- 6. Killing at hand-to-hand-combat range -- 7. Killing at sexual range : "the primal aggression, the release, and orgasmic discharge" -- section IV. An anatomy of killing : all factors considered -- 1. The demands of authority : Milgram and the military -- 2. Group absolution : "the individual is not a killer, but the group is" -- 3. Emotional distance : "to me they were less than animals" -- 4. The nature of the victim : relevance and payoff -- 5. Aggressive predisposition of the killer : avengers, conditioning, and the 2 percent who like it -- 6. All factors considered : the mathematics of death -- section V. Killing and atrocities : "no honor here, no virtue" -- 1. The full spectrum of atrocity -- 2. The dark power of atrocity -- 3. The entrapment of atrocity -- 4. A case study in atrocity -- 5. The greatest trap of all : to live with that which thou hath wrought -- section VI. The killing response stages -- 1. What does it feel like to kill? -- 2. Applications of the model : murder-suicides, lost elections, and thoughts of insanity -- section VII. Killing in Vietnam : what have we done to our soldiers? -- 1. Desensitization and conditioning in Vietnam : overcoming the resistance to killing -- 2. What have we done to our soldiers? The rationalization of killing and how it failed in Vietnam -- 3. Post-traumatic stress disorder and the cost of killing in Vietnam -- 4. The limits of human endurance and the lessons of Vietnam -- section VIII. Killing in America : what are we doing to our children? -- 1. A virus of violence -- 2. Desensitization and Pavlov's dog at the movies -- 3. B.F. Skinner's rats and operant conditioning at the video arcade -- 4. Social learning and role models in the media -- 5. The resensitization of America -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- 427757599
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- Rev. ed.
- Extent
- xxxvi, 377 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316040938
- Lccn
- 2009924950
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 99934461695
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)427757599
Subject
- Armed Conflicts
- Armed Conflicts
- Combat -- Psychological aspects
- Combat -- Psychological aspects
- Combat -- Psychological aspects
- Gewalt
- Gewalt
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- Psychological aspects
- Homicide -- psychology
- Homicide -- psychology
- Krieg
- Militärpsychologie
- Militärpsychologie
- Psychologie
- Applied psychology
- Psychology, Military
- Psychology, Military
- Psychology, Military
- Psychology, Military
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Psychological aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- Social aspects
- Violence -- psychology
- Violence -- psychology
- War -- Psychological aspects
- Psychologie
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