When the logistics of modern warfare overwhelmed the demands of esprit and valor, the nobility lost their station as leaders in combat. So the noble classes could no longer make exclusive claim to the prerogatives and privileges of the honor code. Instead, professional military training in operations, engineering and administration overshadowed high-spirited, young, good horseman-like bravery and its adjunct willigness to die for God and country.
Suicide-bombers are the pathetic 'heros' of what is left of an Islamic honor code on account of their willingness certainly to die for the cause.
The mercantilist era of military conquest delivers to the ambitious a lot of prize money for military victory, which is the prime mode for social advancement.
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