Third, it throws doubt on the nature of the soldier–officer relationship, a relationship that is defined in the training manuals and in the different military laws as a hierarchical and clearly defined one. When he was caught and put in jail the only reason he could give for his captain's "odd" behavior was that they had not known each other personally; if they had, this whole issue could have been avoided. Again years of training and indoctrination seem not to have had any significant impact on the manner in which the soldiers thought about and felt towards their officers.

XREF: Builds on the earlier claim that surveillance and training failed to rewire soldiers' civilian identity (loc 1110), and that drill imparts signals sustaining soldiers in battle chaos (loc 1105). Builds on: "Surveillance and training failed to rewire soldiers' civilian identity."

Khaled Fahmy, All the Pasha_s Men_ Mehmed…, loc. 1111