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Laddar... The 33 Strategies of War (2006)av Robert Greene
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Contents Preface Part I Self-directed warfare 1 Declare war on your enemies: The polarity strategy 2 Do not fight the last war: The guerrilla war of the mind strategy 3 Amidst the turmil of events, do not lose your presence of mind: The counterbalance strategy 4 Create a sense of urgency and desperation: The death-ground strategy Part II Organizational (tam_ warfare 5 Avoid the snares of groupthink: The command-and-control strategy 6 Segment your forces: The controlled-chaos strategy 7 Transform your war into a crusade: Morale strategies Part III Defensive warfare 8 Pick your battles carefully: The perfect economy strategy 9 Turn the tables: The counterattack strategy 10 Create a threatening presence: Deterrence strategies 11 Trade space for time: The nonengagement strategy Part IV Offensive warfare 12 Lose battles but win the war: Grand strategy 13 Know your enemy: The intelligence strategy 14 Overwhelm resistance with speed and suddenness: The blitzkrieg strategy 15 Control the dynamic: Forcing strategies 16 Hit them where it hurts: The center-of-gravity strategy 17 Defeat them in detail: The divide-and-conquer strategy 18 Expose and attack your opponent's soft flank: The turning strategy 19 Envelop the enemy: The annihilation strategy 20 Maneuver them into weakness: The ripening for the sickle strategy 21 Negotiate while advancing: The diplomatic war strategy 22 Know how to end things: The exit strategy Part V Unconventional (dirty) warfare 23 Weave a seamless blend of fact and fiction: Misperception strategies 24 Take the line of least expectation: The ordinary-extraordinary strategy 25 Occupy the moral high-ground: The righteous strategy 26 Deny them targets: The strategy of the void 27 Seem to work for the interests of others while furthering your own: The alliance strategy 28 Give your rivals enough rope to hang themselves: The one-upmanship strategy 29 Take small bites: The fait accompli strategy 30 Penetrate their minds: Communication strategies 31 Destroy from within: The inner-front strategy 32 Dominate while seeming to submit: The passive aggression strategy 33 Sow uncertainty and panic through acts of terror: The chain-reaction strategy Selected bibliography Index inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
As in his bestselling The 48 Laws of Power, Greene puts a modern spin on wisdom that has stood the test of history, only this time his role model is Sun Tzu rather than Machiavelli. The argument is fairly standard: despite our most noble intentions, "aggressive impulses that are impossible to ignore or repress" make military combat a fitting metaphor for getting ahead in life. Greene's advice covers everything from steeling one's mind for battle to specific defensive and offensive tactics -- notably, the final section on "dirty" warfare is one of the book's longest. Historical lessons are outlined and interpreted, with amplifying quotations crammed into the margins. Not all of the examples are drawn from the battlefield; in one section, Greene skips nimbly from Lyndon Johnson's tenacity to Julius Caesar's decisiveness, from Joan Crawford's refusal to compromise to Ted Williams's competitive drive. Alfred Hitchcock, he says, embodies "the detached-Buddha tactic" of appearing uninvolved while remaining in total control. The diversity of subject matter compensates for occasional lapses into stilted warriorese ("arm yourself with prudence, and never completely lay down your arms, not even for friends"). -- from http://www.amazon.com (June 22, 2011). Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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Having said that, the style gets tiresome after a while. Many of the best parts are the sidebars where the author quotes directly from some of the best in war theory and war stories. Perhaps I shouldn't have tried to read it all at once but perhaps a chapter a week. As it was, it took me many months to get through.
Things I learned: Many of the things I learned were better found in Machiavelli, Alexander and Napoleon. Echos of things I already knew. Still, it is nice to have all of this in one volume. I suppose I could have done without the ever-present quotes from "I Ching" and such. ( )