Seriously, why did the real life section get deleted? Yes, there is a lot of natter but the outdated "Martial Race" ideology used by the British fits perfectly with this trope.

Did this trope use to be called The Klingon? I found an old link that seemed to be referring to this page, but used that name for the trope. I've already potholed, but I'm still curious.

pulled.

''By and large this trope is an example of Did Not Do Research. Writers habitually don't appreciate that militaries are elaborate fighting machines that need to be operating at peak efficiency as a matter of life an death. This means everything from figuring out how to deploy forces quickly to figuring out what firing pattern is going to have maximum effect to constructing elaborate 3-dimensional maneuvers using wide array of equipment. This is why most countries have military academies. On top of that, any successful military cultures usually requires most people to be tactfully know when to make critiques and when to hold their tongues. When you think about it, it really makes sense that etiquette driven cultures that historically prevailed in France, Prussia and the Antebellum South produced some of the most celebrated armies in history. By contrast, the honor bound troglodytes portrayed in fiction would most likely be slaughtered en mass in the face of an army with a reasonably well trained officer corps. Consider it a deconstruction if the honor bound troglodytes actually are slaughtered.

Writers using this trope tend to think of the "warrior," the lone fighter whose final authorities are his own goals and his own conscience, as superior to the "soldier", who obeys orders and does what his superiors say. WWII saw two warrior-ethos cultures lose to three soldier-ethos ones, but that doesn't always happen — see this book. Of course in any case the two styles are not without overlap, and people from a "warrior" culture can learn discipline and be handy as "soldiers" (this occurred in Hawaii, for example, and the Spartans fought as phalanxes). The outdated idea of Martial Race created by the British in India is an attempt to classify people as proud warrior races.''

it's natter with a side helping of Writer On Board, most of the time the Proud Warrior Race Guy does get his ass handed to him when it comes to a fight anyway.