@PRoufos Totally agree. There is a deep sympathy which I think circles around this spurious idea of “realism”, which as much as anything is a matter of “Haltung”/attitude/posture another link back to Weber.
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v.
In 1994 Barry Posen devised a defense strategy for a newly independent Ukraine which envisioned a Manstein-styel flexible defense v. Russian attack. See Chartbook Newsletter