The Human Face of Warfare Killing, Fear & Chaos in Battle

by Evans, Michael; Ryan, Alan

• ISBN13: 9781865083742
• ISBN10: 1865083747
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Allen & Unwin

Summary

Tables and Figures Abbreviations Contributors Preface Introduction Roger Spiller 1 Human factors in war: the psychology and physiology of close combat Dave Grossman 2 Incorporating human factors in simulation: a British Army view Stephen Tetlow 3 Close combat: lessons from the cases of Albert Jacka and Audie Murphy Michael Evans 4 The last casualty? Public perceptions of bearable cost in a democracy Hugh Smith 5 Post-traumatic stress and the Australian Defence Force: lessons from peace operations in Rwanda and Lebanon. Peter Warfe 6 Balancing deep and close battle: will we still close with the enemy in the future? John English 7 Fighting spirit: leadership and morale on the 'empty battlefield' of the future Paddy Griffith 8 The ghost of Jomini; the effects of digitisation on commanders and the workings of headquarters Jim Wallace 9 Stress on hi

Author Biography

Dr Michael Evans is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Army's Land Warfare Study Centre in Canberra. He is a former military officer and a graduate of the universities of Rhodesia, London and Western Australia Dr Alan Ryan is a Research Fellow at the Land Warfare Studies Centre. He is a former military officer, a graduate of the universities of Melbourne and Cambridge, and has lectured in history and politics at the University of Notre Dame, Australia

Table of Contents

Tables and figures	vii
Abbreviations	viii
Contributors	x
Preface	xix
Introduction	1	(4)
Roger Spiller
Human factors in war: the psychology and physiology of close combat	5	(20)
Dave Grossman
Incorporating human factors in simulation: a British Army view	25	(12)
Stephen Tetlow
Close combat: lessons from the cases of Albert Jacka and Audie Murphy	37	(17)
Michael Evans
The last casualty? Public perceptions of bearable cost in a democracy	54	(30)
Hugh Smith
Post-traumatic stress and the Australian Defence Force: lessons from peace operations in Rwanda and Lebanon	84	(13)
Peter Warfe
Balancing deep and close battle: will we still close with the enemy in the future?	97	(12)
John English
Fighting spirit: leadership and morale on the `empty battlefield' of the future	109	(14)
Paddy Griffith
The ghost of Jomini: the effects of digitisation on commanders and the workings of headquarters	123	(11)
Jim Wallace
Stress on higher commanders in future warfare	134	(25)
David Horner
`Women as killers and killing women': The implications of `gender-neutral' armed forces	159	(18)
Eleanor Hancock
Human factors in field training for battle: realistically reproducing chaos	177	(21)
Jeremy Manton
Carlene Wilson
Helen Braithwaite
Conclusion: the eternal human face of warfare	198	(9)
Michael Evans
Endnotes	207	(35)
Select bibliography	242	(14)
Index	256