On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society
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ISBN: 0316330116 / Publisher: Back Bay Books, November 1996
A study of killing in wartime and what it means for society reveals that violent movies, TV, and video games are similar to military training programs that dehumanize the enemy.
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Lt. Col. Dave Grossman draws unsettling, even sinister parallels between the psychological conditioning required to make soldiers kill in war and the similar effect that videos, films, games and movies have in civilian society.
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