Appears to be incomplete. The source of the information is not identifiable. Incident at Tirat Zvi where unit did not wish to go into action Wingate was very disappointed "He could not begin to understand how it was possible for young Zionists to think of preserving their lives when fate was so generous as to provide them an opportunity to risk them in action for Zionism".
Wingate developed a great respect for Jewish soldiers in hand to hand combat, because they were well motivated. "He often used to quote Cromwell on the importance for a solider to understand the purpose of the war in which he is engaged."
Wingate's great interest in leadership, and he was very interested in what they thought made a good leader. Wingate's friendship with Haim Sturmann:"he was much impressed by Sturman[n]'s determined opposition to the killing of an Arab, just because he was an Arab." Wingate's talent was to find independent solutions to problems. [ Haim Sturmann, kibbutz leader at Ein Harod, killed in 1938.] Wingate was particularly successful in Palestine because he could apply his beliefs "Wingate blossomed in Palestine because there he found himself."