Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. “The enemy is crushed, like the fall of aĮmployment of truth and artifice.” Update this section! Just trick him into looking the other way, give him a push and follow with a heavy weight: The details lend it complexity, but the larger frame of reference is as simple as getting Humpty Dumpty off that wall. Turns out the key to winning in war is not that complicated in the big picture perspective. Opening, dart in like a rabbit.” How to Crush Your Enemy.or an Egg “At first behave with the discretion of a The key appears to be cautious flirtation while always ever-ready to run the other way: The preparation of the blitz must be carefully planned and taken slow so as to make the rapid onslaught all the more powerful and unexpected. Occupation devastating as fire.” The Primacy of SneakinessĪcting becomes an artistic element in war. The result is a bit vague on its own, but fortunately the details are filled in elsewhere. The tactics of rushing into battle itself are form a little mountain of metaphor.
Most of the The Art of War is given over to outlining the various situations leading up to or following the actually battle engagement. This pithy little metaphor is essentially the central lesson to which all the comes before it leads in the chapter titled “Ground.” The chapter commences with a rather questionable division of terrain into six different categories, but the lesson is made clear: wars on won the ground so while she may be a servant, treat her respectfully. The definition of a handmaid is (disregarding the literal feminine component) any partner or aspect of an operation deemed subservient to the other. Likewise the spirit of war is not fixed.” “Ground is the handmaid of victory.” The metaphor final reaches its final destination with the observation: Water leaving high ground to saturate the hollows and army follows suit in its willing to move from the strength of protection to attack a weaker enemy. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own.Īn extended metaphor is crafted from the comparison of an army to water.
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