Cadorna frequently showed signs of psychological isolation and intolerance of discussion that were to prove a source of great complication. As the other 1914–1918 European commanders learnt by experience, leading a mass of citizen-soldiers called for reserves of diplomacy, skill in dealing with civil government, and a readiness to administer areas hitherto foreign to military life, like managing consensus and organizing propaganda. Those who adjusted to the job’s new political facets prospered, but the pure technocrats in uniform came into collision with their governments sooner or later and were deposed or were forced out by the pressure of a dissatisfied public opinion. Cadorna did not exactly shine at diplomacy with politicians: from the first weeks of his appointment, he created confrontation, tension, continual defiance and clashes. Above all, his solipsistic attitude would condition the Italian High Command in all its organization.