Timeless principles of war

Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2007

Certain ancient and medieval principles of warfare remain valid today. These principles and ideas can be ignored now only at substantial risk. Consider, especially, Sun Tzu. Chinese military thought originated amid Neolithic village conflicts almost 5,000 years ago. But it was Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War,” written in the fifth century, that synthesized a set of principles for victory. At best, the full corpus of Sun Tzu’s works and those of the other great strategists should now be studied by our leaders. Indeed, the timeless principles of war apply even more to today’s global conflicts than they did to past historic conflicts.

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[Countries link to CIA Factbook. States link to Wikipedia.]

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