> [!quote] Dr [[Roel Konijnendijk]] via [Twitter](https://twitter.com/Roelkonijn/status/1447500930614714369) on 2021-10-21 > > 'We have to separate strategy from tactics... and understand that battles often don't help you win wars.' On this week's podcast, `@PhillipsPOBrien` looks at trends in strategic thinking, how we visualise strategy itself, and how effective strategy or tactics are in winning wars. > > Our obsession with battle as the essence of ancient warfare goes back to the Prussian obsession with decisive battle and the way it led them to perceive military history. There is hardly anything in the sources to support it.