{"product_id":"assassination-generation-dave-grossman-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dave Grossman, Kristine Paulsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0316265934\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316265935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016 pg. 82\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2016","brand":"Dave Grossman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43913705750783,"sku":"9780316265935","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f57c2d8d-ab5d-45f4-95ad-833f6f17ef6f.jpg?v=1680621796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/assassination-generation-dave-grossman-9780316265935","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}