Army histories should center on the soldiers who fight, not their commanders.

Evidence

This book started from the conviction that it is much more interesting and useful to write the history of the Egyptian army, or any army for that matter, from the point of view of the people who did the actual fighting and suffered most from its atrocities, rather than from the viewpoint of their commanding officers, watching from a safe distance on horseback. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1667

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Military history can be written from the vantage of the common soldier. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 410; Military histories written from commander viewpoint erase soldiers’ humanity; The army’s story centers on conscripted men, not the commanding Pasha (+3 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Military history can be written from the vantage of the common soldier. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 410; Military histories written from commander viewpoint erase soldiers’ humanity; The army’s story centers on conscripted men, not the commanding Pasha (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Military histories written from commander viewpoint erase soldiers’ humanity #corroborates (0.92)
• The public holds commanders, not soldiers, responsible for war #complicates (0.75) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2300