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

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

A landmark psychological study of the combat experience and the barriers to killing in battle.

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    “There is a innate human resistance to killing your fellow man. A resistance so strong that, in many circumstances, soldiers on the battlefield would die rather than overcome it. A book to understand the psychological battle of killing in war - and the traumas that come along with it. Recommended to me by military vets, LEOs, and professors.”

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