This distinction reminds me of the battles in Ender’s Game.
As I recall, Ender was the overall commander, but he delegated control of different parts of the fleet to various other people, as most modern militaries do.
The bugs fought as a hive mind, and responded almost instantly across the entire battlefield, which made it challenging for the humans to keep up in large-scale battles.
Ender’s Game is about the transition from classical warfare to modern warfare. The formation-based strategies are copied from when European armies stood in a line with muskets. The later bits where Ender delegates decision making to his officers come from modern warfare doctrine.
This distinction reminds me of the battles in Ender’s Game.
As I recall, Ender was the overall commander, but he delegated control of different parts of the fleet to various other people, as most modern militaries do.
The bugs fought as a hive mind, and responded almost instantly across the entire battlefield, which made it challenging for the humans to keep up in large-scale battles.
Ender’s Game is about the transition from classical warfare to modern warfare. The formation-based strategies are copied from when European armies stood in a line with muskets. The later bits where Ender delegates decision making to his officers come from modern warfare doctrine.