battle-immature

[Jonathan Lighter]

2006 Tim Jon Semmerling _"Evil" Arabs in American Popular Film_ (Austin: U.
of Texas Press) 143: Unlike the American soldiers in World War II who
liberated civilians from tyranny, these American soldiers are
battle-immature....[T[hey lack a clear understanding of war and the purpose
of the hero's journey.

It seems to mean they've never been "matured" by battle.

JL

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