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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GuardianLurker" data-source="post: 407023" data-attributes="member: 786">To which I still reply that Charisma is more important than many realize; getting people to follow you in combat *definitely* takes Charisma. Many (most?) people are unwilling to risk (or give) their lives just on somebody's say-so, even if the somebody was their best friend.Also, all the Knowledge: Logistics, Strategy, Tactics, and Military History in the world won't win a single battle if your troops won't follow you. One of the recurring characters in "military adventure" fiction is the "book-learned leader" - it's usually stood up as a cmomic figure, often as a reviled opponent. Professional soldiers have various other names for this character, the politest of which is "fool" and the overwhelming majority of the rest are not suitable for this forum.There's also a WORLD of difference between leading a small strike group of 5-10 troops and leading 100 men, much less 1000's.As for the medieval knights, just they received training in how to fight. Not how to lead. Read the about the behavior of the French knights at Agincourt (or the English at Hastings); such behavior was the rule, not the exception.</blockquote>