And of course we have to note that before the last election, every living former secretary of defense *felt it necessary* to signal to the military that they shouldn't, you know, do a coup against the democracy https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/10-former-defense-secretaries-military-peaceful-transfer-of-power/2021/01/03/2a23d52e-4c4d-11eb-a9f4-0e668b9772ba_story.html … 12/25
2) the difference in branches of the service, while it could be many factors and correlation != causation, it strikes me that 'warrior-ism' is strongest in the Marines and the Army and those branches were the most represented. Curious, but obviously not dispositive in any way.
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In your thread, I think you make a good point about combat experience not being nearly so big an indicator as the media made it out to be. Of course, as a Roman historian, I'd be remiss if I didn't note that the praetorians seem to have rarely had combat experience either...
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I think his point about combat experience not being a factor tracks with the study in TSNR that you posted. Therein, the authors point out that the less experienced were more likely to posit feelings of superiority.
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Yes, I have some thoughts about why marines are overrepresented, and if *not deploying* plays some role in pushing the desire for action some other way, and it may come out in a future story
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