On killing
The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6569488 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dave Grossman, Lt Grossman |
| Year | 2009 |
| Pages | 377 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Reviewed by | On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, Eliot A Cohen, 1996 |
| Venue | On killing (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company (PUBLISHER • US) |
| Open Library | OL23638068M |
| ISBN | 9780316040938 |
| GOOGLE_BOOK_ID | M5hiPwAACAAJ |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 234 |
Updated to include information on twenty-first century military conflicts, recent crime rates, suicide bombings, school shootings, and much more, this account looks at the techniques the military uses to overcome soldiers' reluctance to kill and examines the psychological cost on fighting men and women as well as the detrimental effects on society
Homicide · Military · Psychological aspects · Social aspects · Violence · Psychology · Armed conflicts · Combat · Fremder Feind · Krieg · Militärpsychologie · Military Psychology · Mord · Murder · Psychological aspects of Combat · Psychological aspects of Homicide · Psychological aspects of Violence · Psychological warfare · Social aspects of Violence · Tötung · War · War and society · Warfare
Early Horizon Defensive Structures and the Role of Warfare in the Lower Nepe a Valley, Peru
Is It Morally Right to Use Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in War
Robots as Weapons in Just Wars
From Killer Machines to Doctrines and Swarms, or Why Ethics of Military Robotics Is not (Necessarily) About Robots
Understanding the Role of Chaplains in Veteran Suicide Prevention Efforts
Valentes de batina”
Animals were harmed in the making of this research
The organisation of military violence in the 21st century
Going Berserk
Making punishment palatable
Masculinities and emotional expression in UK servicemen
Learning from Criticisms of Civil Resistance
Fear, loathing, and moral qualms on the battlefield
The First Total War and the Sociotechnical Systems of Warfare
Cybernetic Crystal Ball
Today He Is No More
The Soundtrack to War
The (Im)morality of War
Defending Against Attack
Full Spectrum
Ethnography, Knowledge, Torture, and Silence
Propaganda, Gangs, and Social Cleansing in Guatemala
Virtual Soldiers, Cognitive Laborers
Criminological theory and international crimes
The Hostile Gaze
Das soldatische Subjekt zwischen Weltrisikogesellschaft, Politik, Gesellschaft und Streitkräften. Oder
The Role of Culture in Wars Waged by Robots
Moral Personhood, Human Security, and the War on Terrorism
War at Large
The Complexity of Evil
Gewaltschutz in Geflüchtetenunterkünften
The Theory of Dyadic Morality
Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Moral Injury Questionnaire—Military Version
Sexual assault in the U.S. military
Integrating Empathy and Interpersonal Emotion Regulation
Third Parties, Violence, and Conflict Resolution
The Case for Ethical Autonomy in Unmanned Systems
Finding Resonance Amid Trauma
Deadly myths of aggression
Liquid Legitimacy
Traditions and roots of communication with military chaplains in wartime
Preventing the American Front
Myths of Violence
No Treaty with Inhumanity
Stres u żołnierzy podczas operacji stabilizacyjnych i wsparcia pokoju poza granicami kraju
Moral Injury Post-Covid-19
An evolutionary theory of moral injury with insight from Turkana warriors
How organizational culture shapes criminal organizations’ street-level territorial control capabilities
From Soldiers to Staff Members
The Arts of War
Development of beliefs about censorship
Clothing, Sublimation, and the Enjoyment of War
A traumatic dissonance theory of perpetrator‐related distress
Police officer involved shootings – retrospective study of situational characteristics
Use of pepper spray in policing
The Impact of Faith-Based Pastoral Care in Decreasingly Religious Contexts
Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Animal Slaughter
Inadvertent Script Change and Increased Propensity for Violence
Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame
Poetry of Rehumanization
Virtual War in the Tribal Zone
Beyond the Universal Soldier
The Cambridge Guide to Homer
Resilient Communities
Perpetrators of International Crimes
The Next Frontier
Handbuch Poststrukturalistische Perspektiven auf soziale Bewegungen
All the Men Are Fighting for Freedom, All the Women Are Mourning Their Men, but Some of Us Carried Guns
Moral Coping or Simply Uncomplicated Soldiering? How Soldiers Avoid Moral Injury Through Simplification, Justification, Rationalization, and Compartmentalization
I Am a Warrior
I Was There' and 'It Happened to Me
Fear and Pride Among Fighter Pilots
Militarism, Martial Arts, and Aesthetics in Japan
The Intractability of Militarised Masculinity
Socioeconomic stratification and trajectories of social trust during Covid-19
Because it's easier to kill that way
Combat Experience and the Foreign Policy Positions of Veterans
Popular Culture, Sport and the 'Hero'-fication of British Militarism
Shame and the City - 'Looting', Emotions and Social Structure
Armed group institutions and combatant socialization
Participation in Atrocities Among Israeli Soldiers During the First Intifada
The commander's dilemma
Presidential Address-Samurai Trouble
Psychic Plasticity, Resilience, and Reactions to Media Violence
Perception of Foreign Drone Strikes by Citizens
La violencia sexual asociada al conflicto y las implicaciones políticas de investigaciones recientes
Not quite human
Towards a strong program in the sociology of war, the military and civil society
Dedication
The Troubles in Northern Ireland and Theories of Social Movements
‘Weeping tears of blood’
Amerindian war and religion in the Eastern Woodlands of North America, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
Young‐age exposure to armed conflict and women's experiences of intimate partner violence
The Troubles in Northern Ireland and Theories of Social Movements
Facehunting
Military Violence in Its Own Right
Is it happening? Inverting situational awareness
Weapons, desire, and the making of war
Everyday Counterinsurgency
Choreographing Resistances
| Unique citing works | 234 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 8,36 |
| Citation span | 1998 - 2026 (29) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 220 |