Dave Grossman

Una exhaustiva investigación sobre lo que le ocurre al cuerpo humano bajo el estrés de un combate letal: cómo afecta al sistema nervioso, al corazón, a la respiración... También se abordan los últim

Una exhaustiva investigación sobre las implicaciones psicológicas de provocar la muerte en combate y las consecuencias de una sociedad cada vez más violenta. Además, el libro analiza los síntomas del trastorno por estres post-traumatico, por lo que sera un manual de utilidad tambien para profesionales del ambito de las fuerzas armadas.

Una exhaustiva investigación sobre lo que le ocurre al cuerpo humano bajo el estrés de un combate letal: cómo afecta al sistema nervioso, al corazón, a la respiración, y las distorsiones perceptuales y la perdida de memoria que se pueden producir. Tambien se abordan los ultimos hallazgos sobre las tecnicas de adiestramiento como, por ejemplo, la inoculacion del estres y la respiracion tactica, que pueden prevenir estos efectos debilitadores para que el guerrero pueda continuar en el combate, sobrevivir y ganar.El libro tambien analiza el acto de matar y sus implicaciones fisicas, psiquicas y espirituales, y la evolucion del combate a lo largo de la historia. Este lucido analisis se cierra con una seccion dedicada al dia despues del combate, cuando el humo se disipa del campo de batalla, y a la forma de evitar o, en su caso, gestionar, el trastorno por estres postraumatico.

There is perhaps no bigger or more important issue in America at present than youth violence. Columbine, Sandy Hook, Aurora: We know them all too well, and for all the wrong reasons: kids, some as young as eleven years old, taking up arms and, with deadly, frightening accuracy, murdering anyone in their paths. What is going on? According to the authors of Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill, there is blame to be laid right at the feet of the makers of violent video games (called "murder trainers" by one expert), the TV networks, and the Hollywood movie studios--the people responsible for the fact that children witness literally thousands of violent images a day.Authors Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano offer incontrovertible evidence, much of it based on recent major scientific studies and empirical research, that movies, TV, and video games are not just conditioning children to be violent--and unaware of the consequences of that violence--but are teaching the very mechanics of killing. Their book is a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping Americas youth. And, most important, it is a blueprint for us all on how that can be achieved.In Paducah, Kentucky, Michael Carneal, a fourteen-year-old boy who stole a gun from a neighbors house, brought it to school and fired eight shots at a student prayer group as they were breaking up. Prior to this event, he had never shot a real gun before. Of the eight shots he fired, he had eight hits on eight different kids. Five were head shots, the other three upper torso. The result was three dead, one paralyzed for life. The FBI says that the average, experienced, qualified law enforcement officer, in the average shootout, at an average range of seven yards, hits with less than one bullet in five. How does a child acquire such killing ability? What would lead him to go out and commit such a horrific act?

Completely revised and updated, a much-needed call to action for every parent, teacher, and citizen to help our children and stop the wave of killing and violence gripping Americas youth Newtown, Aurora, Virginia Tech, Columbine. Thereis no bigger or more important issue in America than youth violence. Kids, some as young as ten years old, take up arms with the intention to murder. Why is this happening? Lt. Col. Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano believe the root cause is the steady diet of violent entertainment kids see on TV, in movies, and in the video games they playwitnessing hundreds of violent images a day. Offering incontrovertible evidence based on recent scientific studies and research, they posit that this media is not just conditioning children to be violent and see killing as acceptable but teaching them the mechanics of killing as well. Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill supplies the statistics, interprets the copious research that exists on the subject, and suggests the many ways to make a difference in your home, at school, in your community, in the courts, and in the larger world. In 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 and prevention of future Columbines, Jonesboros, and Newtowns.

Una investigación sobre las implicaciones psicológicas de provocar la muerte en combate y las consecuencias de ello. El libro analiza los síntomas del trastorno por estrés post-traumático, un manual para profesionales de las fuerzas armadas.El Teniente Coronel Dave Grossman es un experto reconocido a nivel internacional en el campo del estudio de la violencia. Es profesor de psicologia y ciencia militar, y ha dado conferencias en cuarenta universidades de todo el mundo. Ha sido perito y asesor en varios tribunales estatales y federales.