Inflict The Least Possible Permanent Injury, For

To Ensure Attaining An Objective, One Should Have Alternate Objectives. An Attack That Converges On One Point Should Threaten, And Be Able To Diverge Against Another. Only By This Flexibility Of Aim Can Strategy Be Attuned To The Uncertainty Of War.

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.

The Search For The Truth For Truth's Sake Is The Mark Of The Historian.

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.

While The Nominal Strength Of A Country Is Represented By Its Numbers And Resources, This Muscular Development Is Dependent On The State Of Its Internal Organs And Nerve-system - Upon Its Stability Of Control, Morale, And Supply.