Encirclement - The Zulu Way of Fighting

Zulus could not fight for extended periods since their culture required lengthy cleansing rituals after the shedding of blood in battle. No zulu could fight again, or even rejoin the tribe until he had been cleansed. The immense zulu army was also costly to maintain in the field. This strategy gives your opponents no gaps to exploit, no hope. They are surrounded and the circle is tightening. For all the superiority of their weaponry, the british collapsed under this calculated psychological pressure. In the abstract space of social and political warfare, encirclement can be any manoeuvre that gives your opponents the feeling of being attacked from all sides.