War Games: The Psychology of Combat

War Games: The Psychology of Combat
ISBN-10
1785903640
ISBN-13
9781785903649
Series
War Games
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
304
Language
English
Published
2018-02-01
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Author
Leo Murray

Description

The human brain is hard-wired with a primal aversion to killing. Amid the horror of war even the best-trained soldiers can forget their training. Vast effort and countless sums have been spent in the attempt to keep our men fighting. Military psychologist Leo Murray argues that the real question is: ‘How do we make the enemy stop fighting?’ Weaving together intense first-hand accounts of combat with the hard science of tactical psychology, Murray offers a compelling insight into how war affects the human mind. War Games is both a powerful glimpse through the eyes of our soldiers and an urgent reminder that the future of modern warfare lies in understanding how the enemy thinks. Fascinating and often chilling, this is the story of how psychology wins wars.

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