On Violence and the Profession of Arms

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On Violence and the Profession of Arms
By Jessica Scott
June 26, 2017


Violence remains an uncomfortable if necessary part of the profession of arms. As the United States has shifted to more limited ways of conducting war, so too have our views on the appropriate application of force. Seminal works like On Combat and On Killing by David Grossman began the discussion of how soldiers are trained for war and killing, and offer an organizational perspective on how individuals can be trained for violence. These books operate on the questionably documented assertion[1] that humans are inherently reluctant to engage in violence.[2]

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