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:[[Sun Tzu]] was a [[military]] strategist who lived during the [[Warring States]] period of China and wrote the famous Art of War.  Having not read this, I cannot choose a “favorite” insight, but I like this one: “Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful.”  This quotation demonstrates how logic, strategy, and ingenuity are more useful and honorable than brute force alone. (Addison)

:[[Sun Tzu]] was a [[military]] strategist who lived during the [[Warring States]] period of China and wrote the famous Art of War.  Having not read this, I cannot choose a “favorite” insight, but I like this one: “Therefore one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful. Seizing the enemy without fighting is the most skillful.”  This quotation demonstrates how logic, strategy, and ingenuity are more useful and honorable than brute force alone. (Addison)

:“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.” ... “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” .... (Michelle)

:"Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death." ... "Opportunities multiply as they are seized." .... (Michelle)

 

:One of my favorite insights of Sun Tzu is, "In war, then, let your object be victory, not lengthily campaigns."  The Americans could have used a good dose of that in the Vietnam War, rather than letting the Viet Cong call phony peace conferences every so often to build their forces. (Duncan)

6. Take your pick, classical India or China, and list in chronological order the major empires along with their time periods.

6. Take your pick, classical India or China, and list in chronological order the major empires along with their time periods.