War Guide I

There's a lot of talk about war recently. A lot of it comes from people who know what they're talking about. A lot of it, to be blunt, doesn't. I must admit that my own study of war is somewhat hampered by certain factors, but I at least know when I'm being bullshitted.

And then I thought that maybe this isn't malicious, or armchair grandstanding, or anything else. Maybe people just don't know the first thing about how a war starts, or how it's run. I'm sure now that, just as there are some people who know nothing about science, there are many people who know nothing about war. Some of them are apparently generals in the Israeli Defense Force.

I'm far from an expert on the subject, but I thought that I would start to write down a basic primer for myself on what war involves, in the hopes that someday, somehow, it will make more sense to me.

Here it goes:

( How to Fight a War I: Getting Started )