I am using more contemporary theoretical terminology, but I think the basic idea of “make the Yankees bleed until they leave us alone” was within the grasp of t

I am using more contemporary theoretical terminology, but I think the basic idea of “make the Yankees bleed until they leave us alone” was within the grasp of the rebels. A lot of warfighting theory is an attempt to formalize strategic thinking that has always been with us, sort of like how stories have followed the Hero’s Journey pattern for centuries before Campbell formalized it.