DSpace Collection: Gettysburg College - Student Scholarship Digital Collection http://hdl.handle.net/10090/4160 A collection of Gettysburg College student research papers The Collection's search engine Search the Channel search http://dspace.nitle.org/simple-search Killing in Combat: The Psychological Impact on Self and the Struggle to Obtain Healing http://hdl.handle.net/10090/5158 Title: Killing in Combat: The Psychological Impact on Self and the Struggle to Obtain Healing <br/> <br/>Authors: Gidley, Emilie <br/> <br/>Abstract: This student paper was written in the Spring Semester of 2008 by Emilie Gidley, Class of 2008, for Philosophy Professor Rajmohan Ramanathapillai as part of a Peace & Justice Studies independent study. The paper examines what has changed since the time of World War II that would explain why so many soldiers suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder today than did in the past.