It all started when the men stopped shaving...

[notmypants]

_{"It all started when the men stopped shaving..."}


I can not recall which book review this quote came from. I would appreciate anyone's help is refreshing my memory as to which book or podcast episode this was from. 

Respectfully,

Notmypants

[Joel522]

He mentions this in his 2nd podcast. He doesn't exactly name the source, but it was from the after action reports from Russian officers after the Russians invaded Chechnya. The reference is at about 28:45 into podcast 2.

[mynewunit]

It is mentioned in many books. Chechnya, Vietnam and Hackworth, one of the WW2 books. I agree that it is a vestige of civility. Maintaining a clean shave is a thing of modern, organized, civilized culture. A means of conforming. Giving up on that is the first step to compromising what is acceptable.