03030cam a2200385 4500 522085795 TxAuBib 20210904120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781497629202 1497629209 B00J90F8W2 Amazon 8dedf581-b62a-4737-9b7d-1cdf80d4e8d6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 309770 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Grossman, Dave. On Killing [Libby] : The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. Open Road Media, 2014. violence in society. Military History. social science. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3343kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Psychology. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers' willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to the detriment of contemporary civilian society.</b><br /> <br /> Psychologist and US Army Ranger Dave Grossman writes that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to pull the trigger in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pavlovian and operant conditioning, have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion.<br /> <br /> The mental cost for members of the military, as witnessed by the increase in post-traumatic stress, is devastating. The sociological cost for the rest of us is even worse: Contemporary civilian society, particularly the media, replicates the army's conditioning techniques and, Grossman argues, is responsible for the rising rate of murder and violence, especially among the young.<br /> <br /> Drawing from interviews, personal accounts, and academic studies, <i>On Killing</i> is an important look at 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.<br /></p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 13:21:58. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/8DE/DF5/81/OnKilling9780759277250.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8DEDF581-B62A-4737-9B7D-1CDF80D4E8D6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/8DE/DF5/81/OnKilling9780759277250.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8DEDF581-B62A-4737-9B7D-1CDF80D4E8D6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/2363-1/8DE/DF5/81/OnKilling9780759277250.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=8DEDF581-B62A-4737-9B7D-1CDF80D4E8D6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)