Reading this again because of the Jomini reference. I studied Clausewitz at the Navy War College and keep him close at hand (though personally I believe he spends a good third of the book telling the ready why one shouldn’t go to war before getting on to how to do it right). By comparison it took me five tries to get through Jomini though in the end it was worth it if only to understand how it was so important to so many Civil War generals. One day I will have to finally read ‘Old Brains” Hallecks’ book to see how it compares. Oh, and fair warning, I will probably steal some ideas from here!
The last article caught my eye today as well, although I am very skeptical that having MLRS 80km out from a GLOC in which Russia has significant forces can provide any significant weight of fire to close it down. Thoughts from your fires background?
Thanks for this. It’s incredible how much we idolize CvC but fall back to Jomini when it comes down to it.
Reading this again because of the Jomini reference. I studied Clausewitz at the Navy War College and keep him close at hand (though personally I believe he spends a good third of the book telling the ready why one shouldn’t go to war before getting on to how to do it right). By comparison it took me five tries to get through Jomini though in the end it was worth it if only to understand how it was so important to so many Civil War generals. One day I will have to finally read ‘Old Brains” Hallecks’ book to see how it compares. Oh, and fair warning, I will probably steal some ideas from here!
The last article caught my eye today as well, although I am very skeptical that having MLRS 80km out from a GLOC in which Russia has significant forces can provide any significant weight of fire to close it down. Thoughts from your fires background?
Absolutely right. MLRS/HIMARS not enough to do it.