The Need for Positive Meaning in Military Operations: Reflections on Abu Ghraib
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- conference paper
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Military Psychology
- Vol. 17 (4) , 315-324
Abstract
Documented abuses by some American military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison compound in 2004 are considered in the context of the overarching need for people to derive positive meaning from thei...Keywords
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