The army failed to control soldiers’ daily lives despite strict regulations

Evidence

That a woman could be found in an army hospital, that a soldier fell in love with her and decided to marry her and that his colonel could not stop him from doing so attest to the fact that the authorities had as much difficulty in controlling “all the activities and stillnesses of the soldiers” as they had with keeping an eye on the behavior of the senior officials. — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 1182

Categorization

Category: Factual Claims

• XREF: Connects to the chapter’s theme of sentries failing to enforce inside/outside boundaries, and to resistance against state incursions.

Related

• Army authorities could not control soldiers’ private lives even inside camps (similarity 0.88)
• Egyptian military regulations were routinely at odds with soldiers’ actual daily lives (similarity 0.81)
• Egyptian soldiers continually breached camp boundaries meant to isolate them (similarity 0.80)
• Prescribed military camp discipline was constantly negotiated and violated in practice. (similarity 0.79)
• Mehmed Ali’s army failed to command its soldiers’ inner loyalties (similarity 0.79)
• Egypt’s military regulations diverged systematically from their actual daily implementation. (similarity 0.78)
• Camp security borders were constantly crossed despite heavy military guard presence. (similarity 0.78)
• A single incident undercuts the official image of strictly regulated barracks life. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Discrepancies between military laws and practice had three distinct causes #expands (0.70) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 115