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'''Killology''' is a ] which attempts to define the study of the psychological and physiological effects of combat on humans. The term was invented by ] ] ret. of the ] in his 1995 book '']''. |
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==Claims== |
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Grossman's theory, based on the World War Two research of ], is that most of the ] deeply resists killing another human. |
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Modern ] allegedly overrides this ], by: |
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* using man-shaped targets instead of bulls-eye targets |
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* practicing and drilling how soldiers would actually fight |
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* dispersing responsibility for the killing throughout the group |
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* displacing ] for the killing onto an ] figure, i.e. the ] and the military ]. (See the ]) |
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* By the time of the ] involvement in the ], says Grossman, 90 percent of ] soldiers would fire their weapons at other people. |
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* The act of killing is ] ]tic for the killer, even more so than constant danger or ]ing the death of others. |
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Grossman further argues that ] in ], ] and ] contributes to real-life violence by a similar process of training and desensitization. |
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In '']'' (Grossman's sequel to '']'', based on ten years of additional research and interviews) he addresses the ] and ] of human aggression. |
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