Psychology And The Soldier – Norman Copeland, 2010
Originally published in 1927, this book contains the text of lectures delivered to Cambridge undergraduates between 1920 and 1926, which demonstrate the possible applications of […]
War and Psychology
The Last Full Measure: How Soldiers Die in Battle – Michael Stephenson, 2013
Behind every soldier’s death lies a story. What psychological and cultural pressures brought him to his fate? What lies—and truths—convinced him to march toward his […]
Weary Warriors: Power, Knowledge, and the Invisible Wounds of Soldiers – Pamela Moss, Michael J. Prince, 2014
As seen in military documents, medical journals, novels, films, television shows, and memoirs, soldiers’ invisible wounds are not innate cracks in individual psyches that break […]
Shell Shock: Traumatic Neurosis and the British Soldiers of the First World War – Dr Peter Leese, 2002
To the British soldiers of the Great War who heard about it, 'shell shock' was uncanny, amusing and sad. To those who experienced it, the […]
The Manipulated Mind – Denise Winn, 2011
Most of us cherish our values of individual freedom of thought. Yet after the Korean War, American POW’s fell greater victim to Chinese brainwashing techniques […]
The Untold War: Inside the Hearts, Minds, and Souls of Our Soldiers – Nancy Sherman
The Untold War draws on revealing interviews with servicemen and -women to offer keen psychological and philosophical insights into the experience of being a soldier. […]
On Killing – Dave Grossman,1995
The good news is that most soldiers are loath to kill. But armies have developed sophisticated ways of overcoming this instinctive aversion. And contemporary civilian […]