From Where Does Information Get its Military Value?

摘要

Winston Churchill, who knew a great deal about warfare having both narrated its history and held control over its conduct, once wrote that:rn'The success of a commander consists in an absolutely new comprehension of the dominant facts of the situation at the time, in his ability to grasp in its complete integrity what is actually happening in the field.' The operative words here are comprehension (seizing together) and grasping, both describing the act by which humans bring facts under the covering umbrella of what Churchill calls 'a situation'.