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Warfare has been dominated by warriors, not soldiers.  The two categories are not mutually exclusive because even modern soldiers try to cultivate warrior virtues such as courage, honor, loyalty, and strength.  The difference lies in discipline and cohesion:  Soldiers have it, warriors do not. Warriors may fight as part of a large army but in essence they fight alone seeking one-on-one duels with enemy warriors in order to prove their manhood.  They disdain death administered by machines from afar as unchivalric and dishonorable.  Soldiers on the other hand, are supposed to stay in the ranks, follow orders, and do their assigned jobs no matter how inglorious.  They are concerned more with efficiency than with displaying personal prowess.  They are in essence cogs in a machine.  Prevailing attitude:  "I have therefore, never learned the real cause of this war; but as an idle life in camp is always most irksome to a soldier, we hail with delight the order for advancing, not

Lay in your superior ability to coordinate your force, and in your high quality of leadership, training, and morale.  Figure out how to make the best use of the technology of the day.  Even the best strategy, tactics, and technology in the world don't give you an indefinite advantage.  Rivals inevitably copy what they can and come up with tactics and/or technologies to blunt the effectiveness of what they can not produce or acquire.  Thus a critical element of success is your leaders' ability to learn on the fly, make adjustments, and attempt new tactics.  Winning generally requires having modern tactics and a modern organizational structure.  The nature of war will always be determined by the interaction between warriors and their tools, not by the tools alone.