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Studies by Medical Corps psychiatrists of combat fatigue cases...

Studies by Medical Corps psychiatrists of combat fatigue cases… found that fear of killing, rather than fear of being killed, was the most common cause of battle failure, and that fear of failure ran a strong second. – S.L.A. Marshall

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