Tom Au

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I took a double major in Economics and History in college in the 1970s. My "sweet spot" probably lies at the intersection of those two subjects. For instance, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" was really an "economic" admonition--to conserve ammunition.

I am the published author of "A Modern Approach to Graham and Dodd Investing" (Wiley, 2004), an (economic) "history of the future," and the unpublished author of "Axis Overstretch," an economic analysis of World War II.


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 comment What is the motivation of having heavy infantry to the right and light infantry to the left flank?
@filtri: Skirmishers are good, but often "irregular" troops that perform the role of "assassins." As such, they would be placed in front of the enemy's elite troops, their right, your left.
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@Vorac: In the "olique" formation, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblique_order, generals would put their best troops at the "cutting edge," and "refuse the flank" with their weaker (backup) troops.
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@Vorac: During the battle of Cowpens (American Revolution), the American commander put his militia up front, and his veterans in the third line for a counterattack.
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