Recent content by Pete K

Infanteer: Shay's Achilles in Vietnam and Grossman's On Killing were the two books that, looking back, set the conditions for my work.  Shay actually came and guest taught a few of my classes during his visits to West Point. Shay's description of how  the violation of soldiers' sense of...

Good question. It's the difference between saying "that" something is, on the one hand, and examining and explaining "why" something is, on the other. Grossman focuses his analysis on the physical, biological, psychological processes of killing, and how they impact us and how we can...

paracowboy: Thanks for contributing the great piece by Grossman.  Driving my car this morning, alone with my thoughts, I realized that I didn't do Grossman justice with my earlier comment.  He goes talk about right and wrong, moral and immoral, but he does so (as far as I've read) as he does in...

Maj Pete Kilner here.  I just want everyone to know that I recognize and always credit LTC Grossman for his influence on my thinking;  reporters never tell the whole story, and this article is no exception. That said, I do approach the challenge of combat and PTSD from a different direction. ...