Weegy: False, but not totally so.
Parmenio's conspiracy, the page-boy conspiracy, the mutiny on the Jhelum, and the mutiny at Opis all seem to give the lie to the idea that Alexander's soldiers adored him. [ Nevertheless, if they hadn't thought on balance that it was better to be with him than without him, they wouldn't have been able to achieve what they did.
I have spoken to WWII soldiers who were supposed to love their commanders (Patton, Macarthur and so on). What I have found verged from unprintable contempt to grudging respect. ]
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