Views of the world – military bosses and soldiers cracking dams? (10)

'views of the world military bosses' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'soldiers cracking dams?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'soldiers' could be 'ra' (Royal Artillery) and 'ra' is present in the answer.
'dams?' could be 'mas' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'mas' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cosmo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?