The application of brute force in a precise manner
Not really, especially for Operation Compass. It was really maneuver in the very best tradition of British arms rather than what Monty did later and relied on superior mobility, communication, and intel/recon with a much tinier force to pick apart and force the surrender of a superior force.
France in 1940 was somewhat more brute force, but relied on a lot of fast maneuver movements to exploit every opportunity possible to beat a superior force with greater firepower. If I were home I'd post a screen shot of a French air force officer's take on what he witnessed in 1940 that shows what happened was quite a bit different than brute force; if was much more of a rapier/scalpel poking/slicing apart the Allies than a hammer smashing them into submission. French doctrine was much more a brute force method, especially with their artillery, which in many ways was a more refined version of the Soviet artillery doctrine, though apparently the Soviets actually drew a lot from Bruchmueller's methods from WW1.