What maneuver warfare advocates have discovered is that over and over in history, civilians and soldiers have withstood the actuality of fear, horror, death, and destruction during artillery bombardments and aerial bombardments without losing their will to fight, while the mere threat of invasion and close-up interpersonal aggression has consistently turned whole populations into refugees fleeing in panic. This is why putting unfriendly troop units in the enemy’s rear is infinitely more important and effective than even the most comprehensive bombardments in his rear or attrition along his
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