On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And 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 initial 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 soldiers, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent trends in crime, suicide bombings, school shootings, and more. The result is a work certain to be relevant and important for decades to come.

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• Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing
• Sheepdogs: Meet Our Nations Warriors
• Leadership and Training for the Fight: Using Special Operations Principles to Succeed in Law Enforcement, Business, and War
• Warrior Mindset
• Emotional survival for law enforcement: A guide for officers and their families
• Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie & Video Game Violence
• When Violence Is the Answer: Learning How to Do What It Takes When Your Life Is at Stake
• The Gift of Fear and Other Survival Signals that Protect Us From Violence