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Dave Grossman (Author),
Katie Miserany (With),
Kristine Paulsen (Author)
The author of the 400,000-copy bestseller On Killing reveals how violent video games have ushered in a new era of mass homicide — and what we must do about it.
Paducah, Kentucky, 1997: a 14-year-old boy shoots eight students in a prayer circle at his , Colorado, 1999: two high school seniors kill a teacher, twelve other students, and then , Norway, 2011: a political extremist shoots and kills sixty-nine participants in a youth summer , Connecticut, 2012: a troubled 20-year-old man kills 20 children and six adults at the elementary school he once links these and other horrific acts of mass murder? A young person’s obsession with video games that teach to . Col. Dave Grossman, who in his perennial bestseller On Killing revealed that most of us are not natural born killers – and who has spent decades training soldiers, police, and others who keep us secure to overcome the intrinsic human resistance to harming others and to use firearms responsibly when necessary – turns a laser focus on the threat posed to our society by violent video on crime statistics, cutting-edge social research, and scientific studies of the teenage brain, Col. Grossman shows how video games that depict antisocial, misanthropic, casually savage behavior can warp the mind – with potentially deadly results. His book will become the focus of a new national conversation about video games and the epidemic of mass murders that they have unleashed.
Author Biography
Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.), is an internationally recognized scholar, author, soldier, and speaker. He is one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of human aggression, the roots of violence, and violent crime. He is a former West Point psychology professor and is currently the director of the Warrior Science Group. His books include On Killing, On Combat, and Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill.
Number of Pages: 272Dimensions: 1.1 x 8.3 x 5.5 INPublication Date: November 15, 2016
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