For a very long time, if you asked a general whether he wanted to send his army into a city, he would have said, absolutely not. Shashan joshi is the economist's defense edator, armies hated fighting in built up areas. They would avoid it unless absolutely necessary. What we're seeing more recently is that armies are realizing they might not have a choice and must get ready for urban warfare.
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