On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
by:
Dave Grossman (author)
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman draws unsettling, even sinister parallels between the psychological conditioning required to make soldiers kill in war and the similar effect that videos, films, games and movies have in civilian society.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman draws unsettling, even sinister parallels between the psychological conditioning required to make soldiers kill in war and the similar effect that videos, films, games and movies have in civilian society.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316330114 (0316330116)
ASIN: 316330116
Publish date: June 22nd 2009
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
I really want to read this to the end. It's an interesting topic that I'd like to know more. But, I couldn't get along with his flow. There's so many of "We'll talk about this later" yet there's so many argument being repeated, I just felt like I'm being led around a circle. Somehow I had a feeling...
The title might put people off, but this is an important book on the effects killing has on those we ask to do it. Whether a medical practitioner who is dealing with returned soldiers and marines and their grab bag of medical ailments or just a person who wants a better understanding of effects the ...
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