About the book
Military historian B. H. Liddell Hart argues that striking indirectly is the surest way to unbalance an enemy, both physically and psychologically, at minimal cost and with the least harm to the peace that follows. He tests the claim against military history from the wars between Greeks and Persians to guerrilla fighting in the nuclear age, setting the Clausewitz school of total annihilation against the aim of forcing surrender as cheaply as possible. He also examines how Hitler came close to winning the Second World War and then lost it. The book grew out of his earlier study The Decisive Wars of History and has kept appearing in new editions well into this century.
Ryan Holiday called Liddell Hart the finest writer on strategy and military history, ranked him above Clausewitz, and called his theory of the indirect approach life changing.
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Ryan Holiday (Founder/Brass Check)
These are two very short books but will help you understand the topics more than thousands of pages on the same topic by countless other writers. In my view, Hart is unquestionably the best writer on military strategy and history. Better than von Clausewitz, that’s for sure (who for all the talk is basically useless unless you are planning on fighting Napoleon). His theories on the indirect approach is life changing, whether you’re struggling with a business or just office politics. I can’t say much more than read these books. It’s a must.
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