This extract highlights in my opinion the reason we have so much micromanaging in today’s military - lack of education of subordinate leaders coupled with the ever increasing means of communication that lead senior leaders to seek to control theirs troops on every aspect of their mission.
We have so much more material and resources today and the the Germans back then still got it right while we continue to struggle with this issue.
The command philosophy expressed in this piece is almost the exact opposite of that embraced by John J. Pershing in 1917-18.
This extract highlights in my opinion the reason we have so much micromanaging in today’s military - lack of education of subordinate leaders coupled with the ever increasing means of communication that lead senior leaders to seek to control theirs troops on every aspect of their mission.
We have so much more material and resources today and the the Germans back then still got it right while we continue to struggle with this issue.
Superb. A perfect response in the era of battlefield micro management.