Caspard’s cohort theory is based on the way in which the youth of the Mobile Guard would be less socialized to the need of a revolution, caring more about their immediate troubles and would react positively to government help. Traugott address this argument by talking about the Mobile Guards’ recruitment age would range from 16 to 30 years. Focusing on age is too simple, instead Traugott gives the example of the marriage difference of the young unfettered Mobile Guard soldier to the mean Thirty-year-old man that would have a wife and predominantly live with her. Cohort and generational theories therefore would not be useful as the main factor of the insurgency but a quirk of a recruitment tool, in which it does have an effect but not too …show more content…
Napoleon, a great general cultivated a military culture that made his leadership seem personal, reassuring, and fighting for something bigger than himself, and presents the significance of esprit de corp. The way in which the mobile guards grievances were dealt as quickly as possible, the democratic element in officer elections and the distribution of uniforms all create a military culture where the soldiers feel their interests are being respected and give some credence to their support of the