dropped bombs less responsible people took decisions higher chain comm — Jonathan Glover

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Those who actually dropped the bombs were less responsible than the people who took the decisions higher up the chain of command. In modern technological war, psychological responses are poorly correlated with degrees of responsibility. In people further back up the chain, this casual distance reduces the psychological resistance they have to overcome.

Jonathan Glover

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