> Basically the idea that you could say sit a Spartan, Samurai and a modern Soldier down over beers and they'd be able to bond over a shared view of warriorhood

> Basically the idea that you could say sit a Spartan, Samurai and a modern Soldier down over beers and they'd be able to bond over a shared view of warriorhood feels questionable as a true statement. Why? Small group warfare is a behaviour we see in chimps. Ambush, massacre, occasionally something reasonably close to a pitched battle. Industrial warfare, the meat grinder of pitched battle attrition continuing for months, years, would be alien but precious little else would be. Drill, discipline, officers, enlisted, endless waiting punctuated by terror, killing like you’ve trained to do, rout. There’s a lot to bond over. There would be an enormous amount different too but if T.E. Lawrence, an English gentleman, was able to connect with Bedouin I don’t see any great difficulty with a samurai, spartiate and US infantryman.