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Forward by Gavin de Becker (A Gift of Fear)
Section I The Physiology of Combat: The Anatomy of the Human Body in Battle
Combat
The Harsh Reality of Combat
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System
Fear, Physiological Arousal and Performance
Section II Perceptual Distortions in Combat: An Altered State of Consciousness
The Eyes and the Ears
Autopilot
A Grab-bag of effects
Memory Loss, Memory Distortions and the Role of Videotaping
The Klinger Study
Section III The Call to Combat: Where Do We Get Such Men?
Killing Machines
Stress Inoculation and Fear
Sucking Up Bullets and Continuing to Fight
Making the Decision to Kill
Modern Paladins Bearing the Shield
The Evolution of Combat
The Evolution of Combat and Domestic Violent Crimes
Section IV The Price of Combat: After the Smoke Clears
Relief, Self-Blame and Other Emotions
Stress, Uncertainty, and the "Four Fs"
PTSD
A Time to Heal
Tactical Breathing and the Mechanics of the Debriefing
What to Say to a Returning Veteran and What to Say to a Survivor
Thou Shalt Not Kill?
Survivor Guilt
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Donald Donahue
reviewed On Combat: The Psychology and Phsiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace on March 21, 2014
On Combat
Yet another book that has been relegated to the DNF file. If I had wanted to read On Killing again, I would have picked up a copy of On Killing and read it again. I made it 75 pages in, and none of the information in On Combat was anything new. Also, I'm fairly certain Shakespeare (you know, the guy who wrote all those great tragic plays in the late 16th and early 17th century?) wasn't exactly a warrior, so what's with all the quotes from him to start chapters and sub chapters?
I also take offense at all the anecdotes and "testimonial stories" (a term I use VERY loosely here) with absolutely no footnotes or references for where the information may have come from, or who told the story. This kind of writing makes the skeptic in me ask, "Is this actually a factual story, or is it just made up to manufacture "evidence" of the point the author is trying to make at this particular point in the book?"
I read On Killing several years ago, enjoyed it, and actually felt somewhat enlightened by much of the information contained therein. Sadly, On Combat just flat out doesn't make the grade. I have entirely too many other books I would like to read to either entertain myself or to integrate my brain with new and useful information to force myself to slog through something this poorly written that is just a rehash of another work that came out long before this book was published.
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Add On Combat: The Psychology and Phsiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace, Following his best selling, Pulitzer Prize nominated book On Killing, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, with Loren W. Christensen, present On Combat, a ground-breaking examination of what it takes to perform, cope and survive in the toxicity of deadly combat as a s, On Combat: The Psychology and Phsiology of Deadly Conflict in War and Peace to your collection on WonderClub |
