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 cannot tell whether this works.

'soldiers cracking dams?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'soldiers' could be 'ra' (abbreviation for Royal Artillery) and 'ra' is found within the answer.
'dams?' could be 'mas' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'mas' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cosmo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?