Sheepdog Tip of the Day, After Combat tip 142
From a duration of a few hours and a depth of only a few hundred yards in the Middle Ages, battle grew to the point where, in the twentieth century, the depth of the danger zone extended for miles into the rear areas, and the battles could last for months, even blending into one another to create one endless conflict that would last for years. In World War I and World War II we discovered that this endless battle would take a horrendous psychological toll on the combatant, and we were able to deal with this endless battle by rotating soldiers into the rear lines. Within Vietnam, the danger zone increased exponentially, and for ten years we fought a war unlike any we had experienced before. In Vietnam there were no rear lines to escape to, there was no escape from the stress of combat, and the psychological stress of continuously existing at "the front" took an enormous, if delayed, toll.
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, On Killing
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