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billpkrt
An examination of humans' aversion to killing each other, the process through which the military puts recruits to overcome that aversion and the psychological toll of doing so.

Grossman also condemns the desensitization of children by the violent images and characters that pervade American popular culture. Unsurprisingly, he never condemns the desensitization of young soldiers.

I wonder what he thinks about that free first-person shooter game that the Army has produced to channel the aggression o
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Kelsie
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Kelsie
Sep 30, 2015 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition