{"product_id":"assassination-generation-video-games-aggression-and-the-psychology-of-killing-9780316265935","title":"Assassination Generation: Video Games, Aggression, and the Psychology of Killing","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of the 400,000-copy bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Killing\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how violent video games have ushered in a new era of mass homicide -- and what we must do about it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Paducah, Kentucky, 1997: a 14-year-old boy shoots eight students in a prayer circle at his school. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Littleton, Colorado, 1999: two high school seniors kill a teacher, twelve other students, and then themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Utoya, Norway, 2011: a political extremist shoots and kills sixty-nine participants in a youth summer camp. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Newtown, Connecticut, 2012: a troubled 20-year-old man kills 20 children and six adults at the elementary school he once attended. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What links these and other horrific acts of mass murder? A young person's obsession with video games that teach to kill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, who in his perennial bestseller \u003ci\u003eOn Killing\u003c\/i\u003e 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 games. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLt. Col. Dave Grossman, U.S. Army (Ret.)\u003c\/b\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eOn Killing, On Combat\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStop Teaching Our Kids to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644468334866,"sku":"9780316265935","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2bf504a0-4f43-488d-af25-813fe99f66bb.jpg?v=1733111066","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/assassination-generation-video-games-aggression-and-the-psychology-of-killing-9780316265935","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}