Ed- you want to see a great movie about the British military "culture" and elitism- circa 1904-- see "Breaker Morant"-- same elitism as evidenced somewhat by British Gen. Haig at his "Butcher's Bill" from the battle of the Somme 1916==

Only the upper class attend Sandhurst Military Academy and become Officers who later plan and lead enlisted men to disaster and death- Monty's "Op Market Garden" speaks to that- in spades. RWTF

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..