Modern Generals Are Always Fighting the Last War

In most of human history, fighting the last war was often the best way to fight the next one. If you are a roman eneral, there's not that much going to change in your lifetime on the basics of war. If you're a soldier in 19 14 who ends up being a general in 19 forty five, look at all the change that went on in your life. So the pressure's been on the modern general's right to try to adapt quickly to a pace of change that earlier generals never had to deal with.