On Killing Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Dave Grossman
SCORE
4
TOTAL RATINGS
120

On Killing by Dave Grossman Book Summary

A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers’ willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to the detriment of contemporary civilian society.
 
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.
 
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.
 
Drawing from interviews, personal accounts, and academic studies, On Killing 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.
 

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Book Name On Killing
Genre Social Science
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 4.07 MB

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Unexpectedly Insightful. In 1999, I was a School Resource Officer. Personally, like the rest of Americans, I was horrified by the tragic event of the Columbine school shooting. Professionally, that event made it painfully clear that law enforcement officers posted in public schools needed to be trained how to better respond to, and hopefully prevent, incidents like this. I was privileged to attend a course taught by Lt. Col. (Retired) Dave Grossman. Much of what he taught came from his book, "On Killing". I bought a copy of it that day and was impressed by his approach and perspective of the very unpleasant subject of the killing of another human being. Even though it reads like a dissertation (because it is one), there is much to learn from Grossman's research on the subject. A surprisingly interesting and insightful read.

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The On Killing book written by Dave Grossman was published on 01 April 2014, Tuesday in the Social Science category. A total of 120 readers of the book gave the book 4 points out of 5.

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