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“What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.” quote by Henry Kissinger — Download Open image

““What distinguishes Sun Tzu from Western writers on strategy is the emphasis on the psychological and political elements over the purely military.””

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“The Art of War articulates a doctrine less of territorial conquest than of psychological dominance; it was the way the North Vietnamese fought America”

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“Politicians are like dogs... Their life expectancy is too short for a commitment to be bearable”

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“If history teaches anything it is that there can be no peace without equilibrium and no justice without restraint.”

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“In the Chinese version of exceptionalism, China did not export its ideas but let others come to seek them.”

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“In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality”

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