Psychology of Combat and Conflict

Author: Saudi
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: The author, Ben Shalit, graduated from the University of Edinburgh and obtained his doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. During the 1967 "Six-Day War," he served as the chief psychologist of the Israeli Navy, and during the 1973 "Yom Kippur War," he was the chief psychologist of the Israel Defense Forces. He has been a visiting professor at the Karolinska Stress Research Laboratory in Stockholm, Sweden, and an advisor to the Singapore Ministry of Defense, later becoming an associate professor at the Swedish Defense Research Institute. The military combat psychology explored in this book holds a highly important position in military psychological research. In our country, using psychological methods to study this issue is not entirely a blank area, but at least it is relatively weak. The author combines theoretical discussion with empirical testing, integrating qualitative research with quantitative analysis, to explore this hot and challenging topic in military psychology in a very valuable way. His methods, perspectives, and viewpoints are highly inspiring. Although this book is an academic monograph, it is highly readable. As the author himself says, the readers of this book are not limited to military personnel but also include those interested in human behavior. Since almost every chapter in the book can stand alone, readers with different needs can skip around. Non-professionals can skip the highly theoretical and specialized discussions and choose to read the chapters that interest them the most.