9-13-96. FiTi: "On manoeuvres in the modern military mind." The most interesting challenge is psychological. Participants learn the hard way that they cannot simply command. They must persuade, cajole and win over subordinates, allies and politicians, who may have varying agendas. While lower level command requires physical courage and speed of decision, higher commmand involves moral courage, intellectual vision and perseverance. "Politicians are being pressed by interest groups on all sides, while the military will usually only focus on their aspect of the task. The collision of those two sets of values can be quite a shock." The more subtle message from the historians is the lethal potential of petty jealousies, warring ambitions and clashing egos. ----- http://jya.com/egowar.txt (16 kb) EGO_war