I heard for 35 years about how great this is and how it’s this masterpiece of strategical knowledge.
It’s the most basic possible shit. You could summarize that entire book as “big army win, small army lose”. Every single piece of advice offered is just the only logical option that common sense would give any reasonable person, there’s no complex nuance to it at all.
It is literally Warfare for Dummies, as in the basic level information for someone who might be new to warfare or who needs reminders not to do dumb shit that commanders frequently did.
Seriously, a ton of advice in the book boils down to not overextending yourself or shooting yourself in the foot with basic mistakes that military commanders do all the time.
I heard for 35 years about how great this is and how it’s this masterpiece of strategical knowledge.
It’s the most basic possible shit. You could summarize that entire book as “big army win, small army lose”. Every single piece of advice offered is just the only logical option that common sense would give any reasonable person, there’s no complex nuance to it at all.
Common sense has been in short supply throughout human history. The guy wrote this book because he observed people doing lots of dumb shit.
It is literally Warfare for Dummies, as in the basic level information for someone who might be new to warfare or who needs reminders not to do dumb shit that commanders frequently did.
Seriously, a ton of advice in the book boils down to not overextending yourself or shooting yourself in the foot with basic mistakes that military commanders do all the time.