Amid other things far more pressing, I did manage to break the logjam on my current writing project, and spat out 2000 words. Title: The Logistics of Grass: How Steppe Nomads Invented the Operational Level of War no, really, there is no tongue in cheek.
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I discuss the Roman "exception" in paragraph 2. But steppe nomads preceded even the Romans.
That's true, and I suppose we have some indication of operational thinking at least as early as Herodotus' description of the Scythian fighting (but obvious Hartog caveat about Herodotus)
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Waiting for the folks who claim the operational level of war doesn’t exist to show up....
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Nah, they won't show up. They can't coordinate their long range movements and logistics to get here.
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