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Dave Grossman (author)

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Section 1, Killing and the Existence of Resistance: A World of Virgins Studying Sex: Chapter 1, Fight or Flight: Posture or Submit

Section 1, Killing and the Existence of Resistance: A World of Virgins Studying Sex: Chapter 2, Nonfirers Throughout History

Section 1, Killing and the Existence of Resistance: A World of Virgins Studying Sex: Chapter 3, Why Can't Johnny Kill?

Section 1, Killing and the Existence of Resistance: A World of Virgins Studying Sex: Chapter 4, The Nature and Source of the Resistance

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 1, The Nature of Psychiatric Casualties

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Pyschiatric Casualties: Chapter 2, The Reign of Fear

Section 2,Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 3, The Weight of Exhaustion

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 4, The Mud of Guilt and Horror

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 5, The Wind of Hate

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 6, The Well of Fortitude

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Pyschiatric Casualties: Chapter 7, The Burden of Killing

Section 2, Killing and Combat Trauma: The Role of Killing in Psychiatric Casualties: Chapter 8, The Blind Men and The Elephant

Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 1, Distance: A Qualitative Distinction in Death

Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 2, Killing at Maximum and Long Range: Never a Need for Repentance or Regret

Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 3, Killing at Mid - and Hand - Grenade Range

Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 4, Killing at Close Range:

Section 3,Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 5, Killing at Edged-Weapons Range

Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 6, Killing at Hand-to-Hand Combat Range

Section 3, Killing and Physical Distance: From a Distance You Don't Look Anything Like a Friend: Chapter 7, Killing at Sexual Range:

Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 1, The Demands of Authority: Milgram and the Military

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Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 2, Group Absolution:

Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 3, Emotional Distance:

Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 4, The Nature of The Victim: Relevance and Payoff

Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 5, Aggressive Disposition of the Killer: Avengers, Conditioning and The 2 Percent Who Like It

Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 6, The Mathematics of Death

Section 5, Killing and Atrocities: No Honor Here, No Virtue : Chapters 1-4

Section 5, Killing and Atrocities: Section 5, Killing and Atrocity: No Honor Here, No Virtue : Chapter 5, The Greatest Trap of All: To Live With that Which Thou Hath Wrought

Section 6, The Killing Response Stages: What Does It Feel Like to Kill? : Chapter 1, The Killing Response Stages

Section 6, The Killing Response Stages: What Does It Feel Like to Kill? : Chapter 2, Applications of the Model: Murder-Suicides, Lost Elections and Thoughts of Insanity

Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 1, Desensitization and Conditioning in Vietnam: Overcoming the Resistance to Killing

Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 2, What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? The Rationalization of Killing and How it Failed in Vietnam

Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Killing in Chapter 3, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and The Cost of Killing in Vietnam

Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 4, The Limits of Human Endurance and the Lessons of Vietnam

Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 5, What are We Doing to Our Children?

Section 8, Killing in America: What Are We Doing to Our Children? : Chapter 2, Desensitization and Pavlov's Dog at The Movies

Section 8, Killing in America: What Are We Doing to Our Children? : Chapter 3, B. F. Skinner's Rats and Operant Conditioning at the Video Arcade

Section 8, Killing in America: What Are we Doing to Our Children? : Chapter 4, Social Learning and Role Models in the Media

Section 8, Killing in America: What Are We Doing to Our Children?: Chapter 5, The Resensitization of America

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In discussing the atavistic fervor of a mob early in Chapter 2, Grossman cites what recent genocide? (from Section 4, An Anatomy of Killing: All Factors Considered: Chapter 2, Group Absolution:)

In Chapter 1, what weapon does Grossman use as an example of a homemade killing implement? (from Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 5, What are We Doing to Our Children?)

What experience described at the end of Chapter 2 caused guilt in Sol, a World War II vet who did not take part in killing? (from Section 6, The Killing Response Stages: What Does It Feel Like to Kill? : Chapter 2, Applications of the Model: Murder-Suicides, Lost Elections and Thoughts of Insanity)

Which pessimistic philosopher does Grossman quote at the beginning of Chapter 5? (from Section 8, Killing in America: What Are We Doing to Our Children?: Chapter 5, The Resensitization of America)

What cold consolation for Vietnam vets does Grossman acknowledge in Chapter 2? (from Section 7, Killing in Vietnam: What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? : Chapter 2, What Have We Done to Our Soldiers? The Rationalization of Killing and How it Failed in Vietnam)