Command-and-Control Fragility in Autocratic Doctrinal Schools
A study of how rigid, ideologically anchored leadership structures generate unsustainable pressures that demand deceptive external signaling.
Focuses on military and political doctrinal schools that prioritize strict adherence to a central myth. The research identifies the 'conditioning' of subordinates into reinforcing the leader's lie, mirroring the ERA (Executive Reality Alteration) framework.
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The Myth of the Immutable Leader: A Cultural Critique
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