Sublime

Every leader must be able to detach from the immediate tactical mission and understand how it fits into strategic goals.

The urge to blame military misfortunes on individuals runs as deep as the inclination to blame human error for civil disasters.

Scale up your capacity by always fighting on multiple fronts, but not too many Succeeding in warfare requires knowing when to go beyond fighting the wars on the fronts that we have been asked to fight, and fighting the wars that need to be fought. As Machiavelli explained, generals who fight battles with a single battle line will collapse as soon a

In the East, we start with self-reliance.

of personal perspective was discouraged.

Nelson’s challenge was that he was outnumbered. His strategy was to risk his lead ships in order to break the coherence of his enemy’s fleet. With coherence lost, he judged, the more experienced English captains would come out on top in the ensuing melee. Good strategy almost always looks this simple and obvious and does not take a thick deck of Po

No army, however brave, can win when its generals are weak.

Strategy requires a sense of the whole that reveals the significance of respective parts.

The result will be not what the president thinks he is going to do but what he will be compelled by reality to do and by those who will elect him.