"The Theory and Reality of the Battle" Topic
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Tango01 | 09 Jun 2017 10:06 p.m. PST |
"Yogi Berra is said (incorrectly) to have said that in theory, theory and reality are the same. In reality, they are different. So it goes with B.A. Friedman's engaging book, On Tactics: A Theory of Victory in Battle. In theory, Friedman has written a book that explains the relationship between actions and results in battle. In reality, On Tactics is a workmanlike survey of thinking about tactical level ground combat — useful and accessible to the military novice and non-expert, but certainly not a theory of tactical warfare. Friedman starts with the startling claim that there has never been a tactical theorist — an assertion with which students of thinkers as diverse as Carl von Clausewitz and William Lind might take issue. He distinguishes this gap in knowledge with the sizable library of strategic theory. Friedman dismisses military doctrine as too specific to a particular nation, force, technology, and time. By contrast, he explains that his theory will define terms, explain concepts, and draw lines of cause and effect independent of historical epoch and, curiously, domain within which combat takes place…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Legion 4 | 10 Jun 2017 6:56 a.m. PST |
Generally theory and reality don't always … "match up" with many things in life. |
Tango01 | 10 Jun 2017 12:03 p.m. PST |
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