“This high proportion of history's decisive campaigns, the significance of which is enhanced by the comparative rarity of the direct approach, enforces the conclusion that the indirect is by far the most hopeful and economic form of strategy.” FormEconomicMilitaryApproachDirectStrategyCampaignsConclusionProportionHopefulSignificanceIndirectRarityDirect Approach Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect approach.” MindEffectsMilitaryApproachOpponentsDispositionIndirectGaugesDislocation Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“For if we merely take what obviously appears the line of least resistance, its obviousness will appeal to the opponent also; and this line may no longer be that of least resistance. In studying the physical aspect, we must never lose sight of the psychological, and only when both are combined is the strategy truly an indirect approach, calculated to dislocate the opponent's balance.” IfsMayLosesLinesStudyMilitaryBalanceApproachAspectSightStrategyResistancePsychologicalAppealsOpponentsIndirectObviousness Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“I don't believe that military intervention is always the right approach. What we need is a comprehensive strategy, one that advances democratization, economic reforms and equal rights for women.” NeedsBelieveRightsEconomicMilitaryEqualApproachStrategyDon't BelieveReformInterventionEqual RightsComprehensiveDemocratizationMilitary InterventionEconomic Reforms Author:Zalmay Khalilzad
“You have to have a military and intelligence approach to removing leadership that results in rapid frequent removals from the battlefield. It's got to be one, two a week, not just one or two every three or four months.” TwoThreeResultsFourWeekMilitaryMonthsApproachJust OneRapidsBattlefieldsRemoval Author:Michael Morell
“We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.” WayWantForceNationsUnitedTalkingSecurityMilitaryApproachThreatIraqSolveColleaguesUnited NationsCouncilConsultingMilitary ForceSecurity Council Author:Colin Powell
“With respect to Russia, my principal approach to Russia has been constant since I first came into office. Russia is an important country. It is a military superpower. It has influence in the region and it has influence around the world.” WorldFirstsHas BeensImportantCountryInfluenceMilitaryOfficeApproachConstantRussiaAround The WorldRegionsPrincipalSuperpower Author:Barack Obama
“There were various aspects of Sun Tzu's approach that appealed to Ho Chi Minh: a) to learn to understand both the enemy and yourself, to seek out his weaknesses and your own strengths, and act accordingly, b) to make ample use of subterfuge and stratagem in order to defeat or disarm your adversary, and c) to use outright violence only when absolutely necessary in the belief that political struggle was more effective than military struggle.” UsePoliticalOrderBeliefEnemyStruggleSunViolenceMilitaryApproachWeaknessAspectDefeatVariousAdversariesStratagemSubterfugePolitical Struggle Author:William J. Duiker
“I worked with the Nato Military Committee. The Head of the Luxembourg Armed Forces had equal standing with me, and I had to respect that. He was the leader of the armed forces of a sovereign country. I had to make sure he never thought that I was looking down on them, merely because they had less power than we did. With that kind of approach you can develop bonds of trust. I tried to do the same thing with my colleagues when I was Secretary of State.” KindCountryStatesForceLeaderMilitaryEqualApproachStandingSecretaryCommitteesSovereignColleaguesNatoArmed ForcesLooking Down Author:Colin Powell