The primary purpose of studying military history is not, in my opinion, in order to ‘ape’ the tactics of past commanders, but rather to use it to learn about leadership, command, logistics, and the working of the commander’s mind; in short, why some leaders, both political and military, have succeeded while others failed. History is made by human beings, and in the case of military history, mainly by people under pressure, and usually in circumstances of chaos, danger, and incomplete and frequently conflicting information. For the rest of the Western Desert campaign, the SAS operated in vehicles.