Training manuals imposed discipline more effectively than formal laws could
Evidence
Training manuals thus appear to be one of the most important tools by which discipline was imposed on the soldiers. Laws, however detailed and specific, were still too general for the purpose at hand. The specific laws reviewed in this chapter and dealing with particular aspects of army life were, admittedly, aiming at some degree of standardization among the soldiery. The aim of these laws was stated specifically to be to prevent absolutely and completely the officers and soldiers from acting according to their own choice and accord (biḥasb ikhtiyārihim wa hawāhim). — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 741
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Exploitation may be built into Method acting training itself. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 663; School discipline was seen as training for obedience to state law — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 333; Colonial Catholic pedagogical rules bounded corporal punishment but practice exceeded them — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4950 (+4 more)
- yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Exploitation may be built into Method acting training itself. — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 663; School discipline was seen as training for obedience to state law — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 333; Colonial Catholic pedagogical rules bounded corporal punishment but practice exceeded them — , The Rod and the Child: A Global History…, 4950 (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Court martial records reveal actual battle confusion that training manuals conceal
#complicates(0.80) — Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed Ali, his…, 908 - Enforcement discretion makes written rules differ from actual practice
#complicates(0.74) — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 55