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Groundbreaking ... but flawed. - [10 Apr 2010]
I very much agree with Zuma's review on this book written on 1/10/10. (I'll refer interested readers to that review, and won't repeat unnecessarily.) ON KILLING is a very important book, but somewhat flawed. For context, I've been working with violence...
readers to that review, and won't repeat unnecessarily.) ON KILLING is a very important ...
www.amazon.com/review/R2BA9STFALGKSJ...
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Should be Required Reading for Many - [04 Nov 2009]
This book is a brillantly composed collection of information, studies and insights regarding the impacts of our training, emotions and after effects in regards to killing another human being. It should be required for every psychologist and physichiatrist...
the impacts of our training, emotions and after effects in regards to killing another human...
www.amazon.com/review/R2O0QA37LNTC...
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the psychology of justi - [26 Oct 2009]
This work is the most insightful I have encountered since Konrad Lorenz's book, "On Aggression" which I read in the early 1960's. Man's reluctance to indulge in face-to-face homicide must be viewed as a Darwinian response shared with other species, even...
which I read in the early 1960's. Man's reluctance to indulge in face-to-face homicide...
www.amazon.com/review/RIXEDNR3NQJDX...
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Quick shipping, great book - [13 Oct 2009]
I bought this book for my husband and he enjoyed it. We are both had the great opportunity to see Dave Grossman at a conference. He had your total attention at all times. What he had to say was Invaluable ....if you have the opportunity to see him, Do...
to see Dave Grossman at a conference. He had your total attention at all times. What he had...
www.amazon.com/review/R1EW8WB84...
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Interesting info, presented very academically - [05 Sep 2009]
I've wanted to read this book for some time and finally took it on. Content-wise it's a roller-coaster of interesting personal anecdotes from subjects then seemingly academic research or quotations from studies. The book seems like it would be a nice ...
coaster of interesting personal anecdotes from subjects then seemingly academic research...
www.amazon.com/review/R3J1BFIC5...
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Tells it like it is... - [02 Apr 2009]
I spotted this book in a book store while I was TDY, and couldn't put it down. It pulled me in and wouldn't let me go. I am a combat veteran of OIF, and found myself comparing my situation to the phases of combat Lt Col Grossman describes in his book....
in and wouldn't let me go. I am a combat veteran of OIF, and found myself comparing my situation...
www.amazon.com/review/R39F44DOVVYNT...
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Outstanding - [05 Dec 2008]
Buy it without hesitation. This is a seminal work. It should be mandatory reading for every law enforcement person if they're serious about truly beginning to understand their work environment.
law enforcement person if they're serious about truly beginning to understand their work ...
www.amazon.com/review/R6Q34B6F1...
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An eye opening read - [27 Oct 2008]
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's On Killing is a phenominal work. It serves to blatantly scrutinize one of our society's biggest blind spots and social taboos: killing. Everything our society thinks it knows about wartime combat is fundamentally flawed; our conception...
one of our society's biggest blind spots and social taboos: killing. Everything our society...
www.amazon.com/review/R3FNCC5PBIGLBU...
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on combat - [16 Sep 2008]
I liked the book. I aspired to be come a marine back in the early 80's after finishing college. I talked with some former viet-nam vets who convinced me that graduate school was a better option. I followed their advice based on the stories they told me...
I talked with some former viet-nam vets who convinced me that graduate school was a better...
www.amazon.com/review/R2AO2ZV5RKNVHB...
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Must read for the military or police. - [02 Jul 2008]
This book, as many have stated, is great for understanding the psychology of someone returning from the battlefield. But for those who have yet to enter the battlefield, or will shortly find themselves returning, I suggest they read On Combat. That book...
from the battlefield. But for those who have yet to enter the battlefield, or will shortly...
www.amazon.com/review/R3T845HJYE...
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