Soldiers understood officer relations through personal acquaintance rather than rank hierarchy.
Evidence
Third, it throws doubt on the nature of the soldier–officer relationship, a relationship that is defined in the training manuals and in the different military laws as a hierarchical and clearly defined one. When he was caught and put in jail the only reason he could give for his captain’s “odd” behavior was that they had not known each other personally; if they had, this whole issue could have been avoided. Again years of training and indoctrination seem not to have had any significant impact on the manner in which the soldiers thought about and felt towards their officers. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1111
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
Related
- Recruits understood soldier-officer authority through personal village ties, not military hierarchy. (similarity 0.90)
- Personal mamluks formed the officers’ second tier but lacked proper training (similarity 0.90)
- Army performance depended on officer-men relations more than on Ibrahim’s leadership (similarity 0.85)
- Nepotism at the top reproduced itself down the officer hierarchy (similarity 0.80)
- Officer quarrels and careerism were contained solely by Ibrahim Pasha’s personal authority. (similarity 0.78)