6/13/2023 0 Comments Strategic war books![]() ![]() Turn a large problem into small, eminently defeatable parts.ġ8: Expose and attack your opponent's soft flank: Turningįrontal assaults stiffen resistance. Separate the parts and sow dissension and division. Find out what he cherishes and protects and strike.ġ7: Defeat them in detail: Divide and conquer Control your opponent's mind, pushing emotional buttons and compelling them to make mistakes.ġ6: Hit them where it hurts: Center-of-gravityįind the source of your enemy's power. Instead of trying to dominate the other side's every move, work to define the nature of the relationship itself. Striking first, before enemies have time to think or prepare will make them emotional, unbalanced, and prone to error. Learn to read people.ġ4: Overwhelm resistance with speed and suddenness: Blitzkrieg The target of your strategies is not the army you face, but the mind who runs it. Focus on your ultimate goal and plot to reach it. Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. OFFENSIVE WARFARE 12: Lose battles, but win the war: Grand strategy Sometimes you accomplish most by doing nothing. Resisting the temptation to respond buys valuable time. If your opponents aren't sure what attacking you will cost, they will not want to find out. Uncertainty can be better than an explicit threat. If aggressive, bait them into a rash attack that leaves them in a weak position.ġ0: Create a threatening presence: Deterrenceīuild a reputation for being a little crazy. Sometimes it is better to undermine your enemies covertly. Make them see their survival is tied to the success of the army as a whole.Ĩ: Pick your battles carefully: Perfect-economyĬonsider the hidden costs of war: time, political goodwill, an embittered enemy bent on revenge. Involve them in a cause, a crusade against a hated enemy. Get them to think less about themselves and more about the group. Give them the spirit of the campaign, a mission to accomplish, and room to run.ħ: Transform your war into a crusade: Morale Break your forces into independent groups that can operate on their own. ![]() The critical elements in war are speed and adaptability-the ability to move and make decisions faster than the enemy. Create a sense of participation, but do not fall into groupthink. Place yourself where your back is against the wall and you have to fight like hell to get out alive.ĥ: Avoid the snares of groupthink: Command-and-controlĬreate a chain of command where people do not feel constrained by your influence yet follow your lead. Learn to detach youself from the chaos of the battlefied.Ĥ: Create a sense of urgency and desperation: Death-ground Make your mind tougher by exposing it to adversity. Keep your presence of mind whatever the circumstances. Make everything fluid and mobile.ģ: Amidst the turmoil of events, do not lose your presence of mind: Counterbalance Wage war on the past and ruthlessly force yourself to react to the present. Your enemies can fill you with purpose and direction.Ģ: Do not fight the last war: Guerilla-war-of-the-mind Learn to smoke them out, then inwardly declare war. You cannot fight effectively unless you can identify them. Part I SELF-DIRECTED WARFARE 1: Declare war on your enemies: Polarity ( Publisher permission required for to reprint publication preface in this space. ![]()
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