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Some of the points about the military and bureacracy remind one of Tocqueville on the characteristics of peacetime militaries in a democratic state. Tocqueville
by balding_n_tired 17y ago
Some of the points about the military and bureacracy remind one of Tocqueville on the characteristics of peacetime militaries in a democratic state. Tocqueville could have learned it by reviewing the US performance in the War of 1812--start with a Hull and a Wilkinson, end with Jackson, Brown, Scott.
As for solitude & introspection, I don't know. These are not necessarily the qualities that make the warrior.