Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2020-06-01

Books mentioned on The Man Who Teaches Our Cops To Kill

4 books · With Jack O'Brien · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Robert is joined by Jack O'Brien to discuss David Grossman, director of the Killology Research Group. More than a hundred police departments, and thousands of police officers, have taken Grossman’s courses over more than twenty years.

Robert Evans discussed On Killing by Dave Grossman, On Combat by Dave Grossman and others, and Assassination Generation by Dave Grossman and others, and criticized Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill by David Grossman and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. On Killing

    Dave Grossman · at 16:23

    On Killing by Dave Grossman is a psychological exploration of the brutal realities of combat and the deep-seated human resistance to taking another life.

    Discussed
    “on killing and on combat are are the two big books by Lieutenant Colonel Gman.”
    Where to get it
  2. On Combat

    Dave Grossman; Loren W. Christensen · at 16:23

    Discussed
    “on killing and on combat are are the two big books by Lieutenant Colonel Gman.”
    Where to get it
  3. Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill

    David Grossman; Gloria De Gaetano · at 30:30

    Critiqued
    “In 1998, he wrote a book titled Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill. to cash in on the Coline Massacre.”
    Where to get it
  4. Assassination Generation

    Dave Grossman; Kristine Paulsen; Katie Miserany · at 32:44

    Discussed
    “His latest book, Assassination Generation, insists that violent video games are turning the nation's youth into mass murderers.”
    Where to get it