Although Kipling's storied water carrier had mighty little in the way of a uniform but much in the nature of personal valor and devotion, he was the exception rather than the rule when it comes to esprit de corps. A review of martial history reveals that an ignorant, well-officered mob may be kept going as long as there is any possibility of victory. But in what looks like a hopeless situation, or in a last ditch stand, it takes esprit born of long discipline to fight on until the final broadside and the last cutlass slash. In the realm of military psychology it has been found through the years that one of the greatest aids to esprit and all its attendant virtues is the uniform.
Название: Uniforms of the Sea Services: A Pictorial History
Издательство: Naval Institute Press
Год издания: 1962
Автор: Robert H. Rankin
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 334
Язык: English
Размер: 45.4 MB