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| Author | Dave Grossman |
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| Publisher | Back Bay Books |
Publication date | 1996 |
| Pages | 400 |
| ISBN | 0-316-33000-0 |
| OCLC | 36544198 |
| Followed by | On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace |
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society is a book by Dave Grossman exploring the psychology of the act of killing and the military law enforcement establishments attempt to understand and deal with the consequences of killing. The book is based on S.L.A. Marshall's theory that the majority of soldiers in war do not ever fire their weapons due to an innate resistance to killing.[1]