The Importance of War Psychology

A leader could exert psychological influence on his army by personal example in modern wars however the high commanders are necessarily far in the rear and the majority of soldiers never even see them. The task of influencing and understanding the soldier psychologically has in large measure passed to subordinate commanders for this reason we shall deal only with the psychology of individuals and small units. We must repeatedly warn that warn them that war brings with it surprise and tremendously deep impressions, he says.