Originally Posted by dave angel

Machiavelli shows you how to win a war without having to fight it, Sun Tzo shows you how to prepare a for war and then win it, while Von Clausewitz...

well, he's a German, WTF would he know about winning wars?


sorry to intrude in a thread of learning, but its a very old BA joke that just has to dragged up at any opportunity...

of the two named options my preference is Sun Tzo, he talks of warfighting in all its forms as opposed to Von Clausewitz who - for me at least - is much more a "here's a war, fight it" kind of thinker.

my personal preference is Machiavelli, on a personal level because i'm a complete siht of a human being so i think we'd get on well, and professionally because i like to win my wars without having to go to the inconvenience of rousing myself from my pit.