Comments on: With the Old Breed http://tleaves.com/2011/01/22/with-the-old-breed/ Creativity x Technology Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:09:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Commentor http://tleaves.com/2011/01/22/with-the-old-breed/comment-page-1/#comment-9219 Commentor Tue, 22 Feb 2011 23:47:55 +0000 http://tleaves.com/?p=2518#comment-9219 I agree that the focus on the brutality and filth of war makes for a sobering and captivating read - additionally, the "boot" perspective we are given through the eyes of the marines allow us to see into a soldier's psychology during the conflict. It is interesting to note that the Enlisted Men (the peasants, perhaps) hold such a grudge against the Officers (nobles and land-owners) that it feels like you could be reading a first-hand account written several centuries earlier (excepting of course the weapons / tactics / everything else) - feels almost Feudalistic in the command structure and relationships. I agree that the focus on the brutality and filth of war makes for a sobering and captivating read – additionally, the “boot” perspective we are given through the eyes of the marines allow us to see into a soldier’s psychology during the conflict.

It is interesting to note that the Enlisted Men (the peasants, perhaps) hold such a grudge against the Officers (nobles and land-owners) that it feels like you could be reading a first-hand account written several centuries earlier (excepting of course the weapons / tactics / everything else) – feels almost Feudalistic in the command structure and relationships.

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