Spent the day wargaming with some professional types. Smart, very well-informed guys. Gave a brief presentation, listened to some longer, more detailed, and much more impressive ones. Reached three conclusions:
- Blitzkrieg is not a strategy, much less a doctrine.
- Hoping that the leader of the other side is a) the sole reason for the war, and, b) he will vanish as soon as the other side faces a setback is not a strategy. Not a viable one, anyhow.
- Wargame is a misnomer. Very, very few wargames actually involve the primary elements of war. They’re battlegames.