My friends at the Land Warfare Centre last week published the first major rewrite of the Army Doctrine Publication since, I think, the first version came out in the mid-1990s. I’ve now finished reading it: it is a first class document of which the authors should be proud. It is pleasing to see that the fundamental tenets of manoeuvre have been succinctly reiterated, with a very helpful analogy to simplify matters for those without the time to read Robert Leonhard’s fabulous