On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society [Revised Edition] 0316040932

A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers’ willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to the

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On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society [Revised Edition]
0316040932

The good news is that the vast majority of soldiers are loath to kill in battle. Unfortunately, modern armies, using Pav

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A controversial psychological examination of how soldiers' willingness to kill has been encouraged and exploited to

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Tony Blair's decision to back George W. Bush in his attack on Iraq will go down as a defining moment for Blair, and

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In the spirit of historians Howard Zinn, Gwynne Dyer, and Noam Chomsky, Jacques Pauwels focuses on the big picture. Like

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The Pacific is the last major world region to be discovered by humans. Although small in total land area, its numerous i

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Describes the history and characteristics of our current financial system by showing the true value and background of mo

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What did the early church believe about killing? What was its view on abortion? How did it approach capital punishment a

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This is the classic account of one of the most dramatic episodes in Mexican history—the revolt of the Maya Indians of Yu

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Killing a person is in general among the most seriously wrongful forms of action, yet most of us accept that it can be p

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