On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

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 was hailed as a landmark study of the techniques the military uses to overcome the powerful reluctance to kill, of how killing affects soldiers, and of the societal implications of escalating violence. Now, Grossman has updated this classic work to include information on 21st-century military conflicts, recent trends in crime, suicide bombings, school shootings, and more. The result is a work certain to be relevant and important for decades to come.

Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Dave Grossman, a psychiatrist and historian, has written an important book, likely eye opening to both those with military service and those without. The thesis is that killing in war is hard and that most military members avoid it if possible. This manifests itself in many ways, from firing over the heads at the enemy, not firing at all; from avoiding frontline combat altogether and instead serving in a combat support role, or in the naval or air service, where killing is more distant and impersonal. Those who do kill in close combat are very likely to experience some form of post combat stress.

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Grossman criticizes the American army and our current society as a whole for conditioning soldiers to overcome this natural aversion to killing and to make them better soldiers. He argues that this will have a long term and corrosive impact on society as a whole. This is an important book for many of the arguments listed above, plus additional insights. I highly recommend this book.

Details For On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society

• Paperback: 416 pages ( Download PDF : )


• ISBN-10: 0316040932


• ISBN-13: 978-0316040938


• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 1.1 x 8.4 inches


• Language: English


• Publisher: Back Bay Books; Revised edition (June 22, 2009)


• Author: Dave Grossman

About the Author

A former army Ranger and paratrooper, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman taught psychology at West Point and was the professor of Military Science at Arkansas State University.

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