Post by wild on Jul 16, 2012 0:30:17 GMT -6
That's a good example of inflated terminology distorting the reality. For one entity - the Indians - to fight on two fronts suggests a single command structure and it was proactively achieved to whatever end. They had no such structure; it was all ad hoc to the point of coincidental reaction.
The Battle of the Rosebud would tell a different story with the Indians being the attacking force and conducting a complex action of maneuver,attack and counter attack with an articulated force of over 1000 warriors.They entertained an infantry/cavalry force for over 6 hours inflicting a strategic defeat on the US forces.
Without at least a rudimentry command structure it woulds have been impossible for the Indians to have maintained cohesion and to have effected multiple and seperate attacks ranging over miles of broken terrain.
At the LBH team work could have been the cohesive glue.An acceptance that every warrior does not go tearing off in the direction of the first shot.The tribes nearest the initial action being the first responders while those further away not comitting until the shape of the attack was known.
The Indians were not novices at small action engagements and a formal command structure was not necessary to achieve coordinated action.Warriors knew the drills;gererations of warrioring and hunting would have produced a very effective group survival instinct.
So I would not dismiss the command structure as lightly as DC does.I think it existed but as Spock would say "it's command Jim but not as we know it."
The Battle of the Rosebud would tell a different story with the Indians being the attacking force and conducting a complex action of maneuver,attack and counter attack with an articulated force of over 1000 warriors.They entertained an infantry/cavalry force for over 6 hours inflicting a strategic defeat on the US forces.
Without at least a rudimentry command structure it woulds have been impossible for the Indians to have maintained cohesion and to have effected multiple and seperate attacks ranging over miles of broken terrain.
At the LBH team work could have been the cohesive glue.An acceptance that every warrior does not go tearing off in the direction of the first shot.The tribes nearest the initial action being the first responders while those further away not comitting until the shape of the attack was known.
The Indians were not novices at small action engagements and a formal command structure was not necessary to achieve coordinated action.Warriors knew the drills;gererations of warrioring and hunting would have produced a very effective group survival instinct.
So I would not dismiss the command structure as lightly as DC does.I think it existed but as Spock would say "it's command Jim but not as we know it."
