However, this approach means that the soldiers educated know the tactics for combat, how to plan and conduct warfare, but they don't understand "why we fight." In other words, they don't understand what war is all about.
If the army was controlled by civilians, it wouldn't matter much if the military officers didn't understand war, since civilians and the government would handle the general direction. But in a militaristic nation, where the state is in the hands of the military, and these soldiers don't understand what war is, confusing war with combat, it's only a matter of time before they fail completely.
