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There are five kinds of incendiary attack: The first is called setting fire to personnel; the second, to stores; the third, to transport vehicles and equipment; the fourth, to munitions; the fifth, to supply installations...In all cases an army must understand the changes induced by the five kinds of incendiary attack, and make use of logistical calculations to address them.

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Pretend to be weak, so your enemy may grow arrogant.

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Being unconquerable lies with yourself; being conquerable lies with your enemy.

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If I determine the enemy's disposition of forces while I have no perceptible form, I can concentrate my forces while the enemy is fragmented. The pinnacle of military deployment approaches the formless: if it is formless, then even the deepest spy cannot discern it nor the wise make plans against it.

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To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy.

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If you fight with all your might, there is a chance of life; where as death is certain if you cling to your corner

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If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be practically useless. If, when the soldiers have become attached to you, punishments are not enforced, they will still be unless.

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He will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces.

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One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant.

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The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him.

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Without subtle ingenuity of mind, one cannot make certain of the truth of their reports.

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We cannot enter into alliances until we are acquainted with the designs of our neighbors. We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country.

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Generally in war the best policy is to take a state intact; to ruin it is inferior to this.

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There is no place where espionage is not possible.

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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces of victory, and of shrewdly calculating difficulties, dangers and distances, constitutes the test of a great general.

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One mark of a great soldier is that he fight on his own terms or fights not at all.

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There is nothing more difficult than tactical maneuvering. The difficult consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of deviation.

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Subjugating the enemy's army without fighting is the true pinnacle of excellence.

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They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness.

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If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

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