Political maneuvers should be subordinate to strategy. Offensive actions are generally most advantageous. It is tough to determine exactly the point of decisive victory. Clausewitz is about the essence of war Jomini is about how to fight war.
Geometrical thinking – Lines of Operations, Communications, Interior, Exterior Base of Operations perpendicular to the enemy arc. Maxims: (1) Mass forces against decisive points (2) Maneuver to engage fractions of the hostile army (3) Engage at the proper times and with energy. The decisive point of a battlefield will be determined by (1) ground features (2) relation of the local features to the ultimate strategic aim (3) positions of respective forces. Strategy hinges upon identifying the decisive points in the theater of war and then concentrating mass against that point and enemy LOCs. Strategy decides where to act, Logistics brings troops to designated point, Grand Tactics is the employment of forces against the decisive point. Strategy defined: the art of making war upon the map, comprehends whole theater of operations Context: Career military staff officer failed to achieve command served as an advisor to the Russian Czar wrote to impress and be published
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