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On combat, the psychology and physiology of deadly conflict in war and in peace, by Dave Grossman with Loren W. Christensen

Label
On combat, the psychology and physiology of deadly conflict in war and in peace, by Dave Grossman with Loren W. Christensen
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-396) and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
resource.interestGradeLevel
Adult, Follett Library Resources
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
On combat
Medium
electronic resource eBook
Nature of contents
bibliographydictionaries
Responsibility statement
by Dave Grossman with Loren W. Christensen
Sub title
the psychology and physiology of deadly conflict in war and in peace
Summary
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. --from publisher description
Table Of Contents
The physiology of combat: the anatomy of the human body in battle -- Perceptual distortions in combat: an altered state of consciousness -- The call to combat: where do we get such men? -- The price of combat: after the smoke clears
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