Hi Ken,
All depends on the situation, sword vs. bullet, especially when it's a muzzle loader <shrug>. As far as the US having better firepower than heir opponents, that really hasn't always been the case. For example, the US got trashed badly in the War of 1812 partially due to better British equipment and training. Again, in WW II, if you look at the tanks being fielded, the US's Shermans and Sheridans were trash compared with the German Tiger IVs and King Tigers. It wasn't quality in WW II, it was quantity.
I think you may be right about the concern for troop casualties, but I suspect the class element was still operative. Probably a good bar topic .
Could be. I certainly suspect that that is one f the things hat kept that vector alive and well.
Nah, you guys had that well before sound byte culture . I'll admit, he vector has been accelerated like crazy as a result of it, but it was certainly operational in WW I.
Yup, they're just pretty lousy predictors for specifics, except in the negative .
Marc
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