“Hitler ... lacked the [inclination] for anything more than the occasional sensational display of emotion, in particular the great set-piece speech which mesmerized the mob and left him drained of ... energy.” EnergyLeftEmotionPiecesParticularSpeechDisplayInclinationOccasionalDrainedSensationalMesmerized Author:John Keegan
“Of whatever class or nation, however, all successful participants in the repetitive and unrelenting stress of aerial fighting came eventually to display its characteristic physiognomy: skeletal hands, sharpened noses, tight-drawn cheek bones, the bared teeth of a rictus smile and the fixed, narrowed gaze of men in a state of controlled fear.” MenStatesHandsFightingNationsClassSuccessfulStressBonesTeethNosesFixedCharacteristicsControlledDisplayCheeksParticipantsRepetitiveUnrelentingPhysiognomy Book:The First World War Source: The First World War
