was Sasha's army and their goal based off of The White Man's Burden?

Not quite specifically Kipling’s poem if that’s what you mean, but the concept of imperialism, both from racist and religious perspectives. 

It’s sort of a mishmash of imperial cliches and concepts. Many of Sasha’s statements are paraphrased from old rulers and writers, from Richard F. Burton to Carl von Clausewitz, and even to some racist newsletters a relative of mine found. Sasha’s sentiment is very much alive today. The research to write him was incredibly disturbing.