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Well they over extended themselves eventually, that doesn't mean they didn't dominate the battlefield early on. The Germany was very successful in the Franco Pr
by flukus 8y ago
Well they over extended themselves eventually, that doesn't mean they didn't dominate the battlefield early on. The Germany was very successful in the Franco Prussian war.
I could have used the US as an example too, as well as Russia by the end of world war 2, they went on to have a bit too loose of a command structure with their nuclear arsenal.
- pvg 8y agoI could have used the US as an example too, as well as Russia In what way were these successful warfighting organizations exemplars of the merits and nurturing of independent thought and initiative, though?
- davvolun 8y agoI feel like that's part of the strategy though. Arguing that the strategy was sound but they just overextended themselves seems facetious; didn't the strategy cause them to overextend themselves? Therefore, wouldn't it be fair to argue the strategy was doomed from the start? I don't know that I agree with any of this argument trying to relate business practices to military practices -- civilians and soldiers have some fundamental differences -- just trying to imagine it philosophically.
- yellowapple 8y agoIt depends on whether the motivations for those overexertions were realizations or corruptions of that strategy.