Sublime

he is most famous for a massive briefing called the “Patterns of Conflict,” which lays out his OODA loop theory in air conflicts. OODA stands for observe, orient, decide and act, meaning that with two adversaries of any size, whether armies or individuals, the victor almost always has a tighter OODA loop and can exploit the lag in his slower oppone

Levi Hunt had survived Special Forces training, which made SEALs’ Hell Week look like a tweens’ summer camp. He’d lived through multiple tours of Afghanistan when it seemed that everyone and his aunt was trying to kill him in wildly inventive ways.

Eisenhower was so interested in mechanical warfare he and George Patton stripped tanks down to their constituent parts and reassembled them.

The Paratroop Corps, which was used by Major-General Dayan as an instrument to foster the fighting spirit of Zahal, was a commando corps, and this spirit was soon to be imbued into other Zahal formations. Now, when General Tal stated that the first battle must be won “No matter what the cost”, his intention was not to spur his officers on but to in

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