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Broken Samurai: One Marine's Journey From Hero to Hitman

Broken Samurai: One Marine's Journey From Hero to Hitman - Paperback

by Al Carlisle
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Availability:In StockContributor:Al CarlisleSeries:Development of the Violent Mind #3Publish date:2020-01-15Pages:244
Language:EnglishPublisher:Carlisle Legacy Books, LLCISBN-13:9781952043062ISBN-10:1952043069UPC:9781952043062Book Category:Psychology, History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, Wars & Conflicts, MurderBook Topic:Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Vietnam War, Serial KillersSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCTRSAPA13

Danny joined the Marines in 1967 and saw some of the worst fighting of the Vietnam War. He was continually bombarded by the enemy, never knowing if he would live or die. When his best friend was brutally murdered, he became angry, depressed, and numb. The only thing that could make him feel alive again was killing.
He came home from the war with a bad case of PTSD and couldn't adapt to normal life. To feed his need for killing, he became a hitman for a biker gang. To justify the murders, he developed his own "Samurai Code." He admired the Warrior's Code of the Samurai. By following his personal code, he was fine.
Then one day he broke his code...and it broke him.
Based on a real events, this is Danny's story.
The book also contains psychological insight by Dr. Carlisle.
Book three in the Development of the Violent Mind series.

Warning: the accuracy of the depictions in this book may trigger some people with PTSD.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Carlisle Legacy Books, LLCISBN-13:9781952043062ISBN-10:1952043069UPC:9781952043062Book Category:Psychology, History, True CrimeBook Subcategory:Psychopathology, Wars & Conflicts, MurderBook Topic:Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Vietnam War, Serial KillersSize:8.00 x 5.00 x 0.51 inchesWeight:0.5401Product ID:SCTRSAPA13
Carlisle, Al: - The majority of Al Carlisle's career was as a psychologist at the Utah State Prison from which he retired as the head of the Psychology Department in 1989. He continued to interview serial killers. He wanted to learn why good people chose to do bad things. Dr. Carlisle performed the first psychological assessment of Ted Bundy in 1976 while he was being held for a 90 day evaluation at the Utah State Prison. Dr. Carlisle was also a consultant for the Salt Lake Rape Crisis Center for several years and hosted workshops on serial homicide and other crime topics. He conducted extensive research on serial killers and interviewed the Hi Fi killers, Arthur Gary Bishop, Westley Allan Dodd, Keith Jesperson, Ted Bundy and many others. His specialties include Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder). Al Carlisle, born and raised in Utah, received a BS and MS from Utah State University and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Brigham Young University. He is the author of four books in the Development of the Violent Mind series: I'm Not Guilty! The Case of Ted Bundy Mind of the Devil: The Cases of Arthur Gary Bishop & Westley Allan Dodd Broken Samurai: One Marine's Journey from Hero to Hitman The 1976 Psychological Assessment of Ted Bundy Dr. Carlisle passed away in 2018 at the age of 81.
Publisher: Carlisle Legacy Books, LLC

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