Historical pattern
Jomini The Art of War 1836
Critique
Preoccupation
with form of operations, spatial arrangement of bases, formal
orders of battle, and tactical formations.
Lack of
appreciation for the use of loose, irregular swarms of
guerrillas and skirmishers to mask own dispositions, activities,
and intentions as well as confuse and disorder enemy
operations.
Likely
result
Operations
become stereotypedunless one can appreciate
Jominis ideas outside their formal underpinnings.
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