On Killing

Du Picq, Ardant, 9-10, 12, 21, 23, 107, 125, 127, 128, 131, 143, 150, 151, 171, 333

Dupuy, Trevor, 161

Dye, Dale, 255

Dyer, Gwynne, 6, 15-16, 18, 30, 59, 61, 79, 91, 100, 101, 102, 107-08, 110, 150, 164, 180, 181, 184, 191, 199, 209, 250, 251-52, 265, 302, 312, 333, 344

E

Early, John, 90

edged-weapons range, 120—30

ego, 37

Eibl-Eibesfeldt, I., 343

1812, War of, 166

elation, post-killing. See exhilaration, of

killing

elderly, return of memories to, 75

elements, effect of. See weather, effect of

emotional distance, effect of, 98, 156-70, 303. See also psychological distance

emotional exhaustion, 83-85, 94

emotional hypertension, 47

emotional response to killing. See killing

response stages

empathic distance, effect of, 97, 98

empathy

• absence of, 182-83

• aggression and, 160

• for soldiers, 105

• for victims, 105, 106, 237

enemy

• fraternization with, 158-60

• identification with, 110, 237, 238, 244

enemy lines, patrols behind, 60-62

epileptoid character reactions, 48

Eros (life instinct), 37, 332

euphoria, post-killing. See exhilaration, of killing

evacuation syndrome, 48-49

executions, 128, 191-92, 201-02

• defined, 201

• mass, 208-10

• of prisoners, 201, 209, 216

• refusal to participate in, 224, 225-26

• resistance to killing and, 209

• of surrendering soldiers, 199-202

exhaustion

• combat, 44, 51, 54, 67-73, 94

• emotional, 83-85, 94

• in Nazi death camps, 78

• in training, 67-68

• Well of Fortitude and, 83-86

exhilaration, of killing, 111-12, 115, 231, 234-36, 241, 242, 243-45

expectancy of return to combat, 49, 269

F

Falklands War, 13, 126, 136, 178, 256, 257-58, 273, 293

families, dissolution of, 322, 323

fatigue cases, 45

fear, 30, 51-66

• of atrocities, 207

• by civilian victims, 54-57, 65

• of death and injury, 52-54

• of facing aggression, 76-78

• fortitude to face, 83

• of medical personnel, 62-64

• of naval personnel, 58-59, 65

• of not supporting comrades, 53, 90

• of officers, 64-65

• patrols behind enemy lines and, 60-62, 65

• of prisoners of war, 57-58, 65

fearlessness, 84

Fergusson, General, 94

fighter pilots. See pilots

fight-or-flight dichotomy, 5-9, 21, 69, 71, 94

firing, ineffective, 9-15. See also nonfirers

firing rates. See also hit rates, of soldiers; kill rates

• Korean War. See Korean War

• training to increase, 35, 177-78, 189, 334

• Vietnam War. See Vietnam War

• World War II. See World War II

firing squads, 191-92, 224, 225, 343

fixation, 343

• on killing, 233, 234-36, 344

• on not killing, 233

flight, 5-9, 21, 57

• back stabbing during, 127-29, 173

• from bayonets, 122, 125-27

• exhaustion and, 69, 71, 94

food deprivation, 69, 72, 94

forebrain, 8

fortitude, 51, 83-86

• depression and, 84-85

• individuals and, 83-84

• replenishment of, 85