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On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, Dave Grossman
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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xxxiv, 366 p.
- Note
-
- Originally published: 1995
- "Back Bay books."
- Contents
-
- The weight of exhaustion
- The mud of guilt and horror
- The wind of hate
- The well of fortitude
- The burden of killing
- The blind men and the elephant
- Killing and physical distance : from a distance, you don't look anything like a friend.
- Distance : a qualitative distinction in death
- Killing at maximum and long range : never a need for repentance or regret
- Killing at mid- and hand-grenade range : "you can never be sure it was you"
- Killing and the existence of resistance : a world of virgins studying sex.
- Killing at close range : "I knew that it was up to me, personally, to kill him"
- Killing at edged-weapons range : an "intimate brutality"
- Killing at hand-to-hand-combat range
- Killing at sexual range : "the primal aggression, the release, and orgasmic discharge"
- An anatomy of killing : all factors considered.
- The demands of authority : Milgram and the military
- Group absolution : "the individual is not a killer, but the group is"
- Emotional distance : "to me they were less than animals"
- The nature of the victim : relevance and payoff
- Aggressive predisposition of the killer : avengers, conditioning, and the 2 percent who like it
- Fight or flight, posture or submit
- All factors considered : the mathematics of death
- Killing and atrocities : "no honor here, no virtue".
- The full spectrum of atrocity
- The dark power of atrocity
- The entrapment of atrocity
- A case study in atrocity
- The greatest trap of all : to live with that which thou hath wrought
- The killing response stages : what does it feel like to kill?
- The killing response stages
- Applications of the model : murder-suicides, lost elections, and thoughts of insanity
- Nonfirers throughout history
- Killing in Vietnam : what have we done to our soldiers?
- Desensitization and conditioning in Vietnam : overcoming the resistance to killing
- What have we done to our soldiers? : the rationalization of killing and how it failed in Vietnam
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and the cost of killing in Vietnam
- The limits of human endurance and the lessons of Vietnam
- Killing in America : what are we doing to our children?
- A virus of violence
- Desensitization and Pavlov's dog at the movies
- B.F. Skinner's rats and operant conditioning at the video arcade
- Social learning and role models in the media
- Why can't Johnny kill?
- The resensitization of America
- The nature and source of resistance
- Killing and combat trauma : the role of killing in psychiatric casualties.
- The nature of psychiatric casualties : the psychological price of war
- The reign of fear
- Isbn
- 9780316330114
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- CGP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Grossman, Dave
- Dewey number
- 355.0019
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- U22.3
- LC item number
- .G76 1996
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Combat
- Psychology, Military
- Homicide
- Violence
- Violence
- Psychology, Military
- Homicide
- War
- Violence
- Label
- On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, Dave Grossman
- Note
-
- Originally published: 1995
- "Back Bay books."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-352) and index
- Contents
-
- The weight of exhaustion
- The mud of guilt and horror
- The wind of hate
- The well of fortitude
- The burden of killing
- The blind men and the elephant
- Killing and physical distance : from a distance, you don't look anything like a friend.
- Distance : a qualitative distinction in death
- Killing at maximum and long range : never a need for repentance or regret
- Killing at mid- and hand-grenade range : "you can never be sure it was you"
- Killing and the existence of resistance : a world of virgins studying sex.
- Killing at close range : "I knew that it was up to me, personally, to kill him"
- Killing at edged-weapons range : an "intimate brutality"
- Killing at hand-to-hand-combat range
- Killing at sexual range : "the primal aggression, the release, and orgasmic discharge"
- An anatomy of killing : all factors considered.
- The demands of authority : Milgram and the military
- Group absolution : "the individual is not a killer, but the group is"
- Emotional distance : "to me they were less than animals"
- The nature of the victim : relevance and payoff
- Aggressive predisposition of the killer : avengers, conditioning, and the 2 percent who like it
- Fight or flight, posture or submit
- All factors considered : the mathematics of death
- Killing and atrocities : "no honor here, no virtue".
- The full spectrum of atrocity
- The dark power of atrocity
- The entrapment of atrocity
- A case study in atrocity
- The greatest trap of all : to live with that which thou hath wrought
- The killing response stages : what does it feel like to kill?
- The killing response stages
- Applications of the model : murder-suicides, lost elections, and thoughts of insanity
- Nonfirers throughout history
- Killing in Vietnam : what have we done to our soldiers?
- Desensitization and conditioning in Vietnam : overcoming the resistance to killing
- What have we done to our soldiers? : the rationalization of killing and how it failed in Vietnam
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and the cost of killing in Vietnam
- The limits of human endurance and the lessons of Vietnam
- Killing in America : what are we doing to our children?
- A virus of violence
- Desensitization and Pavlov's dog at the movies
- B.F. Skinner's rats and operant conditioning at the video arcade
- Social learning and role models in the media
- Why can't Johnny kill?
- The resensitization of America
- The nature and source of resistance
- Killing and combat trauma : the role of killing in psychiatric casualties.
- The nature of psychiatric casualties : the psychological price of war
- The reign of fear
- Control code
- ocm36544198
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xxxiv, 366 p.
- Isbn
- 9780316330114
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)36544198
- Label
- On killing : the psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society, Dave Grossman
- Note
-
- Originally published: 1995
- "Back Bay books."
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-352) and index
- Contents
-
- The weight of exhaustion
- The mud of guilt and horror
- The wind of hate
- The well of fortitude
- The burden of killing
- The blind men and the elephant
- Killing and physical distance : from a distance, you don't look anything like a friend.
- Distance : a qualitative distinction in death
- Killing at maximum and long range : never a need for repentance or regret
- Killing at mid- and hand-grenade range : "you can never be sure it was you"
- Killing and the existence of resistance : a world of virgins studying sex.
- Killing at close range : "I knew that it was up to me, personally, to kill him"
- Killing at edged-weapons range : an "intimate brutality"
- Killing at hand-to-hand-combat range
- Killing at sexual range : "the primal aggression, the release, and orgasmic discharge"
- An anatomy of killing : all factors considered.
- The demands of authority : Milgram and the military
- Group absolution : "the individual is not a killer, but the group is"
- Emotional distance : "to me they were less than animals"
- The nature of the victim : relevance and payoff
- Aggressive predisposition of the killer : avengers, conditioning, and the 2 percent who like it
- Fight or flight, posture or submit
- All factors considered : the mathematics of death
- Killing and atrocities : "no honor here, no virtue".
- The full spectrum of atrocity
- The dark power of atrocity
- The entrapment of atrocity
- A case study in atrocity
- The greatest trap of all : to live with that which thou hath wrought
- The killing response stages : what does it feel like to kill?
- The killing response stages
- Applications of the model : murder-suicides, lost elections, and thoughts of insanity
- Nonfirers throughout history
- Killing in Vietnam : what have we done to our soldiers?
- Desensitization and conditioning in Vietnam : overcoming the resistance to killing
- What have we done to our soldiers? : the rationalization of killing and how it failed in Vietnam
- Post-traumatic stress disorder and the cost of killing in Vietnam
- The limits of human endurance and the lessons of Vietnam
- Killing in America : what are we doing to our children?
- A virus of violence
- Desensitization and Pavlov's dog at the movies
- B.F. Skinner's rats and operant conditioning at the video arcade
- Social learning and role models in the media
- Why can't Johnny kill?
- The resensitization of America
- The nature and source of resistance
- Killing and combat trauma : the role of killing in psychiatric casualties.
- The nature of psychiatric casualties : the psychological price of war
- The reign of fear
- Control code
- ocm36544198
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xxxiv, 366 p.
- Isbn
- 9780316330114
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)36544198
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