fer wrote:wolfenswan wrote:Ferrard you might be interested in
The bear went over the mountain.
A lot of text book examples of strict adherence to SOP being the cause for failure of a mission or individual initiative on lower levels bringing success.
True story: Folk was nearly called "Limited Contingent", because I was reading this book when the sessions were created. If you look at the first half-dozen missions I wrote for the Folk sessions, such as
Highway, you'll see that this book provided a lot of inspiration! It's a superb read.
Thank you all for reading recomendations. I heartily recomend
The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War, which is sort of followup for The Bear Went Over The Mountain. The truly genius bit, some operations described in TBWOTM are seen here from the other side.