Patterns of Conflict
| The works of |
| Works of John Boyd |
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But there’s another way I can present that, going back to my previous chart. The top’s the same, I didn’t change the top part’s the same, it looks like it’s the same chart, isn’t it. But note what I did. What is this: plan with several branches, isn’t that a form of variety, rapidity, form of harmony, dispersion/concentration, variety, operating in a direct line, et cetera.
So Napoleon, in the early campaigns, he’s supporting these ideas of variety, rapidity with harmony in order to generate ambiguity, deception, rapid/easy movement. And the second part’s the one I want to really get your attention on. Exchange variety and harmony for rigid
uniformity. He wanted to get these guys into nice neat columns, and all that kind of stuff. What happened? You lose your ability to adapt. You also become what? Predictable. That’s my point.