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Tag Archives: Art of War
General David Petraeus Ph.D., Icon Of Counterinsurgency & The Ideals Of Mao Tse-tung & Sun Tzu
About fifteen years ago Nien Cheng (author of ‘Life & Death In Shanghai’) gave the commencement address at Marist College in New York. I was unaware of her life and her relation to Mao Tse-tung, she was best friends with … Continue reading
Posted in Central Asia, China, Sun Tzu, Uncategorized
Tagged 1980's Central America Civil War, Afghanistan, Afpak, Art of War, Central Asia, Counterinsurgency, David Petraeus, Father Luke McCann, Guatemala, Joe Biden, Mao, Marist College Commencement, Napoleon, Nicaragua, Nien Cheng, Pakistan, Philippines, Sun-Tzu
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Clausewitz vs. Sun Tzu
Their is an old saying at West Point: ‘beginners study tactics, amateurs study strategy, but only the best study logistics’. Logistics being the formal study of how one achieves a goal. Their is not always symmetry between these competing claims … Continue reading
Posted in Antiquity, Arnold Toynbee, China, Ethics, International Relations, Kant, Morality, Politics, Raymond Aron, Sun Tzu, Theology, Uncategorized
Tagged Antoine Henri Jumini, Art of War, Christopher Bassford, Clausewitz, Raymond Aron, specificity of christian ethics, Sun-Tzu, Taoism, Toynbee, Vo Nguyen Giap
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