Aldarion
Archmage
Social Background of the Army Organization
Any army is a reflection of society which creates it. Thus it is society, more than anything else, which will determine how army is shaped. This is evident throughout history: many attempts at replicating Roman armies failed because underlying society was incapable of supporting such an army. In modern day, Arab states proved completely incapable of creating and maintaining effective Western-style militaries. They always easily acquired hardware due to their oil-provided wealth, but they also always proved laughably incompetent at translating said hardware into battlefield performance.
Any army is a reflection of society which creates it. Thus it is society, more than anything else, which will determine how army is shaped. This is evident throughout history: many attempts at replicating Roman armies failed because underlying society was incapable of supporting such an army. In modern day, Arab states proved completely incapable of creating and maintaining effective Western-style militaries. They always easily acquired hardware due to their oil-provided wealth, but they also always proved laughably incompetent at translating said hardware into battlefield performance.
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