Keywords: strategy, tactics, warfare
Review: 10 / 10
Opinion: Simple, to the point, must read.
Way of art is way of deception
In war, victory should be swift
Wise general feeds his army off the enemy
Excellence lies defeating enemy without fighting
Know the enemy, know yourself
Exhaust a fresh enemy, starve a well-fed enemy, unsettle a settled enemy
Words of peace but no treaty, are a sign of plot
Enlightened ruler considers deeply, effective general follows thoroughly
Enlightened ruler is prudent, effective general is cautious
In war, with forces (enemy to army ratios)
- 10 to 1: surround to enemy
- 5 to 1: attack the enemy
- 2 to 1: split the enemy in half
- 1 to 1: fight it out
- 1 < X: lie low
- 1 < XX: escape
5 sorts of spies
- Local
- Internal
- Double
- Dead (deliberately create false information)
- Live (those who return with information)
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