Patriotism and Esprit de Corps in Battle of Chosin Reservoir - as a "psychology of groups" and a form of social consciousness.- a refutation of Allport's 1927 taboo - "There is no psychology of groups " + 9 antisocial behaviors - a social meltdown?
Creators: name: E Peck Jr, Charles
Publisher: name: Knowledge Commons
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Social movements
subject: Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness (U.S.)
subject: Consciousness and self-consciousness
subject: Consciousness--Research
subject: Consciousness--Social aspects
subject: Patriotism--History
subject: Patriotism--Societies, etc.
subject: Patriotism--Religious aspects--Christianity
subject: Patriotism--Study and teaching
subject: Nations and nationalism since 1780 (Hobsbawm, E. J.)
subject: Nationalism (Tagore, Rabindranath)
subject: Folklore and nationalism

description: The Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War is perhaps the hardest fought battle in American history. "On 27 November 1950, the Chinese force surprised the US X Corps commanded by Major General Edward Almond at the Chosin Reservoir area. A brutal 17-day battle in freezing weather soon followed. Between 27 November and 13 December, 30,000 United Nations Command troops (later nicknamed "The Chosin Few") under the field command of Major General Oliver P. Smith were encircled and attacked by about 120,000 Chinese troops." 
"We're surrounded. Good, that simplifies the problem……we're not retreating, we're attacking in a different direction."  Chesty Puller 
Chosin Reservoir Esprit de Corps vs Allport's 1927 taboo, "There is no psychology of groups"
As Claudia Nielsen pointed out, the psychiatrist McGilChrist astutely observed that "The scope of inquiry and understanding of the Materialist Doctrine with its rigid adherence to the actually arbitrary principle of quantification and over-emphasis on physiological characteristics is severely restricted and limited in the analyses that can be performed." 
An excellent example of this severely restricted protocol would be - as Kay Deux, a social psychologist points out the fixation of social psychology on laboratory experiments precludes "affective displays" and emotions. Kay Deaux, a prominent social psychologist, highlights the significance and importance of emotions especially in understanding many social, political or group related behaviors. Kay Deaux, emphasizes the fact that social psychology has historically had an "emphasis on experimenter-created social groups" which "precluded most affective displays." Experiments conducted in a laboratory would necessarily have a contrived and arbitrary aspect to them – very limited - and in that environment, cognitive concepts, structures and paradigms tend to be nice, neat, and precise constructs that are measurable in some sense. 
Kay Deux goes on to emphasize that "In contrast, natural groups, whether family, fraternity, or nation, are often the arena for intense displays of emotion and strong affective ties." (p. 794 Social Psychology Handbook of Basic Principles edited by E. Tory Higgins and Arie W. Kruglanski) That is, the Materialist Doctrine - Ideology excludes some facts, information and evidence due to the fixation on physiological quantification.