>>24710786
>Do you read military books about strategy?
A little bit. I've read some Clausewitz. I like travel-ish war journalism from people who know what they're doing and have a understanding of the military side of things, but also write about the people involved and the social context in which the war is happening. At the end of the day it is about people so abstract theories can only go so far.

You should be wary of military "experts." There's a whole industry of people who will tell you about this amazing weapon system and these maneuvering divisions, but they have no idea what they're talking about. Even the senior American and Coalition military leadership during the Persian Gulf War had no idea how it was actually going to proceed when they gave the order to begin the ground campaign. It's not like that stuff isn't important, but I've found that stuff to be more supplementary because I'm not a career military officer which is what that material is written by and for.

This book covered Chechnya, Bougainville, and Sierra Leone where Executive Outcomes / Sandline made an appearance so I'm familiar with Eeben Barlow. It had some typos but I like this guy, Pelton, he's kind of a cult figure among war journalists and is old, and now has a podcast:
https://youtu.be/DOKdi0SoM_M

>>24711045
>Lethality and dispersion
You really see this in Ukraine. Modern weapons are so destructive that there's not really a "line." That's just a loose approximation of small groups holding mutually-supporting strongpoints because the dispersion has increased so much. But you want to hold a position with as few people as possible.