gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agohow it feels to read The Art of Wardiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up1169file-text
arrow-up1169imagehow it feels to read The Art of Wardiscuss.tchncs.degandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-text
Sun Tzu begins his book by explaining that ideally, one wouldn’t wage war, but seek peaceful resolutions instead.
minus-square𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up32·1 day ago“Feed the troops” “If youre gonna go on a long march, give them shoes” “If the terrain is shitty for you and not the opponent, your soldiers are not gods chosen like you are and will lose” “If the terrain is shitty for the opponent, but not you, they are not gods chosen like their general, and you should attack” “Maybe making nobility your military leadership isn’t always a smart idea - give them advisors and then tell them to listen to the advisors.” Truly revolutionary literature
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoIt was written for the nobles who were made military leadership.
“Feed the troops”
“If youre gonna go on a long march, give them shoes”
“If the terrain is shitty for you and not the opponent, your soldiers are not gods chosen like you are and will lose”
“If the terrain is shitty for the opponent, but not you, they are not gods chosen like their general, and you should attack”
“Maybe making nobility your military leadership isn’t always a smart idea - give them advisors and then tell them to listen to the advisors.”
Truly revolutionary literature
It was written for the nobles who were made military leadership.