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Originally Posted by WillAdams
Yes, Armor is a good stand-alone read.
It always felt to me that _Starship Troopers_ was oriented towards the WWII/Korean War generation, while _Armor_ was directed towards Vietnam-era sensibilities and issues.
This may be influenced by my having read _Armor_ before _Starship Troopers_.
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I think that there is a disconnect between what is actually happening on the ground and what high command perceives in Armor that reaches World War One levels. Or maybe even the Spanish American War. Add to that the awareness of but poor treatment of Combat Fatigue we saw during the long war in Vietnam and throw in a few outright corrupt officers which one finds sprinkled through every war ever fought. So it is a conglomeration of awful leadership from the past.