On Killing

The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

By: Dave Grossman

Social Science

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...