“It is thus more potent, as well as more economical, to disarm the enemy than to attempt his destruction by hard fighting ... A strategist should think in terms of paralysing, not of killing.” ThinkingShouldWellsHardFightingTermEnemyMilitaryDestructionKillingStrategist Author:B. H. Liddell Hart
“A thorough understanding of game theory, should dim these greedy hopes. Knowledge of game theory does not make one a better card player, businessman or military strategist.” ShouldDoeGamesUnderstandingPlayerMilitaryTheoryCardsBusinessmanGreedyThoroughStrategistThorough Understanding Author:Anatol Rapoport
“I am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions.” OpinionMilitaryCitizensPoliticianStrategist Author:Cindy Sheehan
“Ho Chi Minh rarely wrote about Sun Tzu, but when he did mention the ancient Chinese military strategist, he was always laudatory, and he sometimes cited his ideas as a model for the Vietnamese revolutionary movement to follow.” IdeasSometimesSunMilitaryMovementModelsAncientChineseRevolutionaryStrategistVietnamese Author:William J. Duiker
“The influence of Sun Tzu on other North Vietnamese military strategists is harder to answer. Certainly many of the key leaders in Hanoi were aware of Sun Tzu and made use of his ideas - Vo Nguyen Giap applied many of these ideas in seeking out weak elements in the enemy's defenses, as did Truong Chinh, whose famous treatise, The Resistance Will Win (1947), cited the ideas of Mao Zedong as a model for the North Vietnamese to follow.” MadeIdeasUseWinningAnswersLeaderEnemySunInfluenceMilitaryKeysElementsModelsWeakHarderSeekingDefenseResistanceStrategistVietnameseMaoHanoi Author:William J. Duiker