On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:32:02 -0700, Anne & Lynn Wheeler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>... several times Boyd quoted Guderian (before the biltzkrieg) as directing >"verbal orders only" ... for much the same reason (minimizing troops worrying >that afterwards getting blamed for making less than optimal decisions in the >fog of war, doing something would be better than decision paralysis). Verbal orders - as opposed to pantomimed orders? I am picturing Patton directing traffic from the movie. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
