Lieutenant Colonel David A. Grossman,
USA (ret.) “is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker who is one of the world s foremost
experts in the field of human aggression and the roots of violence and violent crime. Colonel Grossman is a West Point psychology
professor, Professor of Military Science, and an Army Ranger who has combined his experiences to become the founder of a new
field of scientific endeavor, which he has termed killology.
In this new field Colonel Grossman
has made revolutionary new contributions to our understanding of killing in war, the psychological costs of war, the root
causes of the current "virus" of violent crime that is raging around the world, and the process of healing the victims
of violence, in war and peace. He is the author of On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War
and Society, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and is required reading in classes at West Point, the
U.S. Air Force Academy, police academies worldwide, and peace studies programs in numerous universities and colleges. Stop
Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie and Video Game Violence, co-authored with Gloria
DeGaetano, has received international acclaim. Colonel Grossman s book On Combat: The Psychology and Physiology
of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace, now in its third edition, is on the USMC Commandant's required reading
list and is required reading at the DEA Academy. Colonel Grossman has been called upon to write the entry on Aggression and
Violence in the Oxford Companion to American Military History, three entries in the Academic Press Encyclopedia of Violence,
Peace and Conflict and numerous entries in scholarly journals, to include the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. He
has presented papers before the national conventions of the American Medical Association, the American Psychiatric Association,
the American Psychological Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He has presented to over 40 different colleges
and universities world-wide. He has served as an expert witness and consultant in state and Federal courts, to include United
States vs. Timothy McVeigh. He helped train mental health professionals after the Jonesboro school shootings, and he was also
involved in counseling, training, or court cases in the aftermath of the school shootings at Paducah, Springfield, Littleton,
Nickel Mines Amish School, and Virginia Tech. He has testified before U.S. Senate and Congressional committees and numerous
state legislatures, and he and his research have been cited in a national address by the President of the United States.
Lieutenant Colonel David A Grossman
is an Airborne Ranger infantry officer, and a prior-service sergeant and paratrooper, with a total of over 23 years experience
in leading U.S. soldiers worldwide. He retired from the Army in February 1998 and has devoted himself full-time to teaching,
writing, speaking, and research. Today he is the director of the Killology Research Group, and in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist
attacks he is on the road almost 300 days a year, training elite military and law enforcement organizations worldwide about
the reality of combat.”
Lieutenant Colonel David A Grossman
is the author of On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society. He
is also the coauthor of The Two-Space War; On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War
and in Peace; Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie, and Video Game Violence; and, The War with
Earth.
According to the book description of
On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society, “Drawing on interviews,
published personal accounts and academic studies, Grossman investigates the psychology of killing in combat. Stressing that
human beings have a powerful, innate resistance to the taking of life, he examines the techniques developed by the military
to overcome that aversion. His provocative study focuses in particular on the Vietnam war, revealing how the American soldier
was "enabled to kill to a far greater degree than any other soldier in history." Grossman argues that the breakdown
of American society, combined with the pervasive violence in the media and interactive video games, is conditioning our children
to kill in a manner siimilar to the army's conditioning of soldiers: "We are reaching that stage of desensitization
at which the infliction of pain and suffering has become a source of entertainment: vicarious pleasure rather than revulsion.
We are learning to kill, and we are learning to like it." Grossman, a professor of military science at Arkansas State
University, has written a study of relevance to a society of escalating violence.”
The Authors said of Stop
Teaching Our Kids to Kill: A Call to Action Against TV, Movie, and Video Game Violence, “The goal of this
book is to make people aware of what the prolific use of violence in television, movies, and video games is doing to our children.
Teaching Our Kids to Kill calls to the table the makers of this violence to address the myriad scientific research on the
subject--research that couldn't make it clearer how solid and deadly the link is between this kind of graphic imagery
and the escalating incidences of youth violence--and understand and change what they are doing and the dangerous effects their
products are having on our children. Using this book, parents, educators, social service workers,
youth advocates, and anyone interested in the welfare of our children will have a solid foundation for effective action. We
give you the facts--what's behind the statistics, how to interpret the copious, empirical research that exists on the
subject, and the many ways to make a difference in your own home, at school, in your community, in the courts, and in the
larger world--so that we all can work together to help end this problem and create a safer environment in which to live. If
by doing this we can prevent future Paducahs, Jonesboros, and Littletons, it will be well worth it.”
The According to the book description
of War with Earth, “New Kashubia was a planet rich in heavy metals, but utterly lacking in
carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Even dirt had to be imported at great expense. The colonists, moved there from Earth against
their will, lived in tunnels drilled through solid gold but still were the poorest people in the universe. Since their only
resource was people, they sent draftees out as mercenaries, fighting in tanks in symbiosis with a highly intelligent computer.
And Mickolai Derdowski had fought bravely and brilliantly for nearly a decade, losing many friends in the process, and risen
to the rank of General-he thought. But then he found out that it was all in virtual reality. The war had been faked, no one
had died, and he was still just a tank commander, not a general at all. But New Kashubia had been well paid by the planet
that had hired the mercenaries for the war they had faked, severe food rationing back home was no longer necessary, and people
could now afford luxuries like homes and clothing. There was just one problem. A real war was looming on the horizon and this
one couldn't be settled in cyberspace. A lot of people might get really, permanently killed.”
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According to the book description of
On Combat, The Psychology and Physiology of Deadly Conflict in War and in Peace, “On Combat
looks at what happens to the human body under the stresses of deadly battle the impact on the nervous system, heart, breathing,
visual and auditory perception, memory - then discusses new research findings as to what measures warriors can take to prevent
such debilitations so they can stay in the fight, survive, and win. A brief, but insightful look at history shows the evolution
of combat, the development of the physical and psychological leverage that enables humans to kill other humans, followed by
an objective examination of domestic violence in America. The authors reveal the nature of the warrior, brave men and women
who train their minds and bodies to go to that place from which others flee. After examining the incredible impact of a few
true warriors in battle, On Combat presents new and exciting research as to how to train the mind to become inoculated to
stress, fear and even pain.
Expanding on Lt. Col. Grossman s popular
"Bulletproof mind" presentation, the book explores what really happens to the warrior after the battle, and shows
how emotions, such as relief and self-blame, are natural and healthy ways to feel about having survived combat. A fresh and
highly informative look at post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) details how to prevent it, how to survive it should it happen,
how to come out of it stronger, and how to help others who are experiencing it. On Combat looks at the critical importance
of the debriefing, when warriors gather after the battle to share what happened, critique, learn from each other and, for
some, begin to heal from the horror. The reader will learn a highly effective breathing technique that not only steadies the
warrior s mind and body before and during the battle, but can also be used afterwards as a powerful healing device to help
separate the emotion from the memory. Concluding chapters discuss the Christian/Judeo view of killing in combat and offers
powerful insight that Lt. Col. Grossman has imparted over the years to help thousands of warriors understand and come to terms
with their actions in battle. A final chapter encourages warriors to always fight for justice, not vengeance, so that their
remaining days will be healthy ones filled with pride for having performed their duty morally and ethically. This information-packed
book ploughs new ground in its vision, in its extensive new research and startling findings, and in its powerful, revealing
quotes and anecdotes from top people in the warrior community, people who have faced the toxic environment of deadly combat
and now share their wisdom to help others. On Combat is easy to read and powerful in scope. It is a true classic that will
be read by new and veteran warriors for years to come.”
According to the book description of
The Two-Space War, “It is six hundred years in the future and mankind has learned to move
between the stars . . . by going into Two-Space, the vast realm where sentient wooden ships travel beneath canvas sails in
a universe that is corrosive to technology. As they charged headlong into the galaxy, humans discovered others who were already
there: The elven Sylvans who live in the vast forests of low-gravity worlds, the dwarven Dwarrowdelf who thrive deep in the
mines of high-gravity worlds, and other, far more alien races. The ancient Sylvan race is enchanted by the human culture,
embracing Tolkien as prophecy and taking "classic" human science fiction as a guide. Against this stellar backdrop,
Lt. Thomas Melville's ship is mortally wounded in a cowardly surprise attack. With his captain killed, Melville must capture
a feral, sentient enemy ship, then must fight his way across the galaxy to warn of the vast invading armada. In an odyssey
of turmoil and battle he forges his ship and crew into a mighty weapon of war and earns the love of an alien princess. Now,
if he can only survive the attacks of two very angry alien empires, and avoid being court martialed by his own nation of Westerness
for getting them involved in a vast intergalactic war, he might live to enjoy the fruits of his labor.
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