Strategy: The Indirect Approach
by B. H. Liddell Hart
The history of warfare read as proof of one principle: the indirect approach wins. Dislocate the enemy psychologically and physically before you strike. Applied by business strategists ever since.
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you want the single most transferable strategic principle.
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you want detailed campaign history; it is a survey.
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Three things you will actually use
- Take the line of least expectation.
- Dislocate before you destroy.
- Alternative objectives keep the enemy guessing.
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Read the concluding chapters on the theory of strategy.
Our verdict
The indirect approach.
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