Illuminating
account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they
live with the experience of having killed... This
book concludes with an impassioned plea for regulating
media violence through social censure and pressure.
This surely, is a sensible and welcome recommendation.
-Washington Post |
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An
excellent book.
-Dr. Joyce Brothers
In her nationally syndicated column |
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An
important book that should be read by anyone in
the profession of arms and by anyone concerned
about violence in our Nation.
-Marine Corps Gazette |
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On
Killing is destined to become a classic.
-Army
Journal of the Association of the U.S Army |
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A
tremendous book.
-Peace Magazine |
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A
provocative look at how and why we kill...One can
only hope On Killing has not arrived too late.
-Stars
and Stripes |
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Truly
revolutionary.
-Dr. Eduardo D. Faingold
Argentine
and Israeli combat veteran Assistant Professor
of Spanish
Dept. of Languages
University of Tulsa |
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I
want to congratulate you on your book. It is important
both as research and as an argument for acknowledging
the violence in our society and its roots.
-George
Levenson, Ph.D.
Director of "Informed Democracy" |
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Colonel
Grossman's perceptive study ends with a profoundly
troubling observation. The desensitizing techniques
used to train soldiers are now found in mass media
-- films, television, video arcades -- and are conditioning
our children. His figures on youthful homicides strongly
suggest the breeding of teenage Rambos.
-William
Manchester
Author
and WWII vet |
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MAGNIFICENT!
-Paddy Griffith
Sandhurst history professor and author
of Battle Tactics of the American Civil War and Forward
into Battle |
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Brilliant...a
fine and necessary piece of work.
-Arthur
Hadley
Author of Straw Giant |
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A splendid
book... it establishes a new line of scholarly inquiry,
which is a remarkable achievement.
-Bill
Lind
Author of The Maneuver Warfare Handbook,
Free Congress Foundation Fellow
Co-host of "Modern
War" a national cable TV show |
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I
enjoyed (if that is the right word to use) On
Killing enormously, congratulations on a fine
piece of work.
-Richard Holmes
Author of Acts of War
and Sandhurst History Professor |
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Honest,
gutsy, patient disclosure of what's happening to
our military "kids" -- and civilian kids as well.
-F. Andy Carhartt
West Point class
of '45
Presbyterian minister |
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It
is very good, thoughtful and helpful on a subject
of great importance. Humanistic and pacifistic in
the way of the best soldiers.
-Dr. Ted Nadelson
Chief of Psychiatry,
Boston VA Medical Center |
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my
deep appreciation for your book... because it said
so many things I had felt were probably so, and
because, also, it said so many new things.
- Dr.
Lloyd Gardner
"Charles and Mary Beard Professor" at
Rutgers |
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A provocative
new book... the first scientific examination of how
and why men kill in battle.
-Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette |
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an
explosive look at why there is so much killing
not just in wars but in modern society... it is
a must read. I recommend it highly. His research...
is frightening, and should be a wake-up call to society.
I couldn't put it down.
-Walt Gochenour
WWII vet,in 82nd Airborne Division
Association Journal |
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A
study of relevance to a society of escalating violence.
-Publishers
Weekly |
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Excellent
explications of what goes through a soldier's mind
during war.
-Portland Oregonian |
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An
unpleasant but important subject.
-Kirkus Reviews
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I
congratulate you on writing an important book which
I find very helpful in understanding the human
condition. Indeed, it serves to greatly increase
my belief in the basic goodness of my fellow man.
-Ladislav R. Hanka |
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I
am thankful for work like yours which promotes the
slow but very sure process of maturation which I
see occurring in the collective human race.
-Alison
Wilson
Ontario, Canada |
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I
very much appreciate your challenging and perceptive
look at warfare and the act of killing. You are
right that it is a taboo topic in our culture.
As a long time antiwar activist it was palpably
painful to read; never-the-less I valued the information
and discussions.
-Gregory W. Frux
Brooklyn, NY |
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On
Killing may be the On War of the 21st
Century.
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Michael Anton Laurano
Attorney at
Law
Boston, Massachusetts |
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My
deepest congratulations on what I believe to be an
extremely important book. I salute your bravery,
courage and insight. Your work is indispensable for
our future.
-Bob Hughes, Chevy Chase,
MD |
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