EAN : 9780316040938
416 pages Back Bay Books
(01/01/2009)
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On Killing : The psychological cost of learning to kill in war and society
Résumé :
The twentieth century, with its bloody world wars, revolutions, and genocides accounting for hundreds of millions dead, would seem to prove that human beings are incredibly vicious predators and that killing is as natural as eating. But Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, a psychologist and U.S. Army Ranger, demonstrates this is not the case. The good news, according to Grossman - drawing on dozens of interviews, first-person reports, and historic studies of combat, r... >Voir plus