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The binding constraint on pre-modern campaigning was feeding the army every day it was in the field, not winning the battle at the end of it.

Drawn from what Bret Devereaux said

war
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war Armed conflict and preparing for it: military spending, alliances, and what changes when machines are in the loop.

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What Bret Devereaux actually said

  1. Bret Devereaux Ancient and military historian specialising in the economy…
    In order to move this army or sustain it in place it is thus necessary to ensure a massive and relatively continuous supply of food to the army. Failure to do that will result in the army falling apart long before it comes anywhere close to the enemy.

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