“Nine-tenths of tactics are certain and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.” T E Lawrence ‘The Evolution of a Revolt’ in The Army Quarterly and Defence Journal October 1920 “Then why do you want to know? Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.” Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose HMS Tamar
