ACOUP - Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part IIIc: Morale and Cohesion

To close out his look at the limits and factors of pre-modern generalship, Bret examines two of the most important factors on the behavior of the army itself: morale and cohesion. These factors, often reduced to simple binary values in video games or film, are much more complex in real life, leading to far more human, organic situations for armies where every individual soldier is constantly juggling a dynamic set of emotions, risk assessments, and motivations. How does this reality impact the options a general has in leading armies of other human beings?

 

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