Studies by Medical Corps psychiatrists of combat fatigue cases... found that fear of killing, rather than fear of being killed, was the most common cause of battle failure, and that fear of failure ran a strong second.
The starting point for the understanding of war is the understanding of human nature. - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The starting point for the understanding of war is the understanding of human nature.
- Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic w… - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The art of leading, in operations large or small, is the art of dealing with humanity, of working diligently on behalf of men, of being sympathetic w…
Battles are won through the ability of men to express concrete ideas in clear and unmistakable language. - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
Battles are won through the ability of men to express concrete ideas in clear and unmistakable language.
The far object of a training system is to prepare the combat officer mentally so that he can cope with the unusual and unexpected as if it were the a… - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The far object of a training system is to prepare the combat officer mentally so that he can cope with the unusual and unexpected as if it were the a…
Fundamentally only two great novelties have come out of recent warfare. They are: (1) mechanical vehicles, which relieve the Soldier of equipment hit… - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
Fundamentally only two great novelties have come out of recent warfare. They are: (1) mechanical vehicles, which relieve the Soldier of equipment hit…
The battlefield is cold... it is the lonesomest place which men share together. - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
The battlefield is cold... it is the lonesomest place which men share together.
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of any soldier for his weapon or any part of his equipment. - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
Artillerymen have a love for their guns which is perhaps stronger than the feeling of any soldier for his weapon or any part of his equipment.
At the vital point of truth, we all become a conscientious objector. - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
At the vital point of truth, we all become a conscientious objector.
An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to answer back. The use of… - Samuel Lyman Atwood Marshall
An officer should never speak ironically or sarcastically to an enlisted man, since the latter does not have a fair chance to answer back. The use of…
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