Conflict : how soldiers make impossible decisions / Neil D. Shortland, Laurence J. Alison, and Joseph M. Moran.

This work is about decisions in military conflict and the psychological conflict they cause. By drawing on interviews conducted with real soldiers about real situations they faced, the text explores how soldiers choose between seemingly impossible options for which all outcomes appear horrendous. Th...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Oxford Scholarship Online)
Main Authors: Shortland, Neil D. (Author), Alison, Laurence J. (Author), Moran, Joseph M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Series:Oxford scholarship online.
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Summary:This work is about decisions in military conflict and the psychological conflict they cause. By drawing on interviews conducted with real soldiers about real situations they faced, the text explores how soldiers choose between seemingly impossible options for which all outcomes appear horrendous. Their vivid and sometimes upsetting stories were part of the experience of war and became part of their identity.
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2019.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190623463 (ebook)
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190623449.001.0001