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“The first effect of fire is to dissolve all appearances of order.”

S.L.A. Marshall

The Multiples of Information. p. 90.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command (1947)

Appearance

“The basic theme is elementary and should be beyond argument: No logistical system is sound unless its first principal is enlightened conservation of the power of the individual fighter. The second theme, in 1949 a radically new idea, as yet unsupported by incontrovertible scientific proof, is that sustained fear in the male individual is degenerative as prolonged fatigue exhausts body energy no less.”

S.L.A. Marshall

The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation (1950)

Fear , Idea

“The first duty of the officer is to challenge whatever seems illusory.”

S.L.A. Marshall

The Soldier's Load and the Mobility of a Nation (1950)

“A few of them fire their pieces. At first they do so almost timidly, as if fearing a rebuke for wasting ammunition when they do not see the enemy. Others do nothing. Some fail to act mainly because they are puzzled what to do and their leaders do not tell them; others are wholly unnerved and can neither think nor move in sensible relation to the situation.”

S.L.A. Marshall

Combat Isolation. p. 48.
Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command (1947)

Fear , Thinking