Head Strong
How Psychology is Revolutionizing War
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 23 January 2014
- ISBN 9780199916177
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 165x236x25 mm
- Weight 508 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
Changes in the world's political landscape coupled with radical advances in the technology of war will greatly alter how militaries are formed, trained, and led. In Head Strong: Psychology and Military Dominance in the 21st Century, Michael D. Matthews explores the many ways that psychology will make the difference for wars yet to come.
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Psychology is the science that will determine who wins and who loses the wars of the 21st century, just as physics ultimately led the United States to victory in World War II. Changes in the world's political landscape coupled with radical advances in the technology of war will greatly alter how militaries are formed, trained, and led. Leadership under fire - and the traits and skills it requires - is also changing. Grant, Lee, Pershing, Patton - these generals would not succeed in 21st century conflicts.
In Head Strong: Psychology and Military Dominance in the 21st Century, Michael D. Matthews explores the many ways that psychology will make the difference for wars yet to come, from revolutionary advances in soldier selection and training to new ways of preparing soldiers to remain resilient in the face of horror and to engineering the super-soldier of the future. These advancements will ripple out to impact on the lives of all of us, not just soldiers. Amputees will have "intelligent" life-like prosthetics that simulate the feel and function of a real limb. Those exposed to trauma will have new and more effective remedies to prevent or treat post-traumatic stress disorder. And a revolution in training - based heavily in the military's increasing reliance on immersive simulations - will radically alter how police, fire, and first-responder personnel are trained in the future.
At its heart, war is the most human of endeavors. Psychology, as the science of human behavior, will prove essential to success in future war. Authored by a West Point military psychologist, this book is one of the first to expose us to the smarter wars, and the world around them, to come.
Matthews presents a well-structured, relevant, and multidimensional argument about the future impacts of psychological research and development for the armed forces.
Table of Contents:
Preface
Chapter 1: The Importance of Psychology in Winning Wars
Chapter 2: The Right Soldier for the Right Job
Chapter 3: The Human in the System
Chapter 4: Stress and Resilience
Chapter 5: Social War
Chapter 6: How Wars will be Shaped by a Phantom Enemy
Chapter 7: Leadership in Future Wars
Chapter 8: Robo-Soldier: Science and Creation of the Super-Soldier
Chapter 9: The Societal Costs of War
