Frenzied Like The Wolf

The Berserker Phenomenon and the Science of Aggression

On the night of March 10th, 2012, Staff Sergeant Robert Bales left his military base in Kandahar, Afghanistan, alone. He was armed to the teeth and out for blood. Barely 48 hours earlier he had watched impotently as an IED ripped the leg off a comrade in front of his eyes, now he was going to have his revenge. Amped up on Jack Daniels, sleeping pills an…