Sheepdog Tip of the Day, After Combat tip 102
There, in the words of philosopher psychologist Peter Mann, "a massive unconscious cover up" in which society hides itself from the true nature of combat. Even among the psychological and psychiatric literature on war, "there is," writes Mann, "a kind of madness at work." He notes, "Repugnance toward killing and the refusal to kill" are referred to as "acute combat reaction." And psychological trauma resulting from "slaughter and atrocity are called 'stress,' as if the clinicians ... are talking about an executive's overwork." As a psychologist I believe that Mann is quite correct when he observes, "Nowhere in the [psychiatric and psychological] literature is one allowed to glimpse what is actually occurring: the real horror of the war and its effect on those who fought it.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
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