Concessions Quote by Renate Bridenthal

“The balance of the campaign—indeed, the balance of the war—would require learning not only how to fight but how to rule.”

— Rick Atkinson

“...in war, the advantages and disadvantages of a single action could only be determined by the final balance.”

— Carl von Clausewitz

“nothing is more difficult in war than to adhere to a single strategic plan” and to resist the “constant temptation to desert the chosen…

— Rick Atkinson

“You need a team for war, not for negotiation.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy’s strategy.”

— Sun Tzu

“There is no avoiding war, it can only be postponed to the advantage of your enemy.”

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Conform to the enemy's tactics until a favorable opportunity offers; then come forth and engage in a battle that shall prove decisive.”

— Sun Tzu

“Alliances are useful in some situations. In others, they are absolutely vital. But”

— Timothy Zahn

“the wise leader's plans, considerations of advantage and of disadvantage will be blended together.”

— Sun Tzu

“Military strategy...has become the diplomacy of violence.”

— Thomas C. Schelling

“The requirement is for a full bag of strategic concepts that will always provide, before and during war, not only a strategy applicable to…

— J.C. Wylie

“Should you ever be sent to war, and you don’t agree with its goals, desert.”

— Rolf Dobelli