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I assert that the following strategies are ruthless and corrosive in method and manner, but
should be placed in the Grey Man’s tool box right along with the 48 Laws of Power.
When you are exposed or step out from the cloak of anonymity, you should always be prepared
to strike or defend effectively against any opponent or enemy scheme.
Let’s face it; life is about applying effort and force more often than not.
Swanson
http://www.amazon.com/33-Strategies-War-Robert-Greene/dp/0670034576
http://bookoutlines.pbwiki.com/The+33+Strategies+of+War
You cannot fight effectively unless you can identify them. Learn to smoke them out. Then,
inwardly declare war. Your enemies can fill you with purpose and direction.
Wage war on the past and ruthlessly force yourself to react to the present. Make everything
fluid and mobile.
3: Amidst the turmoil of events, do not lose your presence of mind: Counterbalance
Keep your presence of mind whatever the circumstances. Make your mind tougher by exposing
it to adversity. Learn to detach yourself from the chaos of the battlefield.
4: Create a sense of urgency and desperation: Death-ground
Place yourself where your back is against the wall and you have to fight like hell to get out
alive.
Create a chain of command where people do not feel constrained by your influence yet follow
your lead. Create a sense of participation, but do not fall into groupthink.
The critical elements in war are speed and adaptability--the ability to move and make decisions
faster than the enemy. Break your forces into independent groups that can operate on their
own. Give them the spirit of the campaign, a mission to accomplish, and room to run.
Get them to think less about themselves and more about the group. Involve them in a cause, a
crusade against a hated enemy. Make them see their survival is tied to the success of the army
as a whole.
Defensive Warfare
Consider the hidden costs of war: time, political goodwill, an embittered enemy bent on
revenge. Sometimes it is better to undermine your enemies covertly.
Let the other side move first. If aggressive, bait them into a rash attack that leaves them in a
weak position.
Build a reputation for being a little crazy. Fighting you is not worth it. Uncertainty can be better
than an explicit threat. If your opponents aren't sure what attacking you will cost, they will not
want to find out.
11: Trade space for time: Nonengagement
Retreat is a sign of strength. Resisting the temptation to respond buys valuable time.
Sometimes you accomplish most by doing nothing.
Offensive Warfare
Grand strategy is the art of looking beyond the present battle and calculating ahead. Focus on
your ultimate goal and plot to reach it.
The target of your strategies is not the army you face, but the mind who runs it. Learn to read
people.
Speed is power. Striking first, before enemies have time to think or prepare will make them
emotional, unbalanced, and prone to error.
Instead of trying to dominate the other side's every move, work to define the nature of the
relationship itself. Control your opponent's mind, pushing emotional buttons and compelling
them to make mistakes.
Find the source of your enemy's power. Find out what he cherishes and protects and strike.
Separate the parts and sow dissension and division. Turn a large problem into small, eminently
defeatable parts.
Frontal assaults stiffen resistance. Instead, distract your enemy's attention to the front, then
attack from the side when they expose their weakness.
19: Envelop the enemy: Annihilation
Create relentless pressure from all sides and close off their access to the outside world. When
you sense weakening resolve, tighten the noose and crush their willpower.
Before the battle begins, put your opponent in a position of such weakness that victory is easy
and quick. Create dilemmas where all potential choices are bad.
Before and during negotiations, keep advancing, creating relentless pressure and compelling
the other side to settle on your terms. The more you take, the more you can give back in
meaningless concessions. Create a reputation for being tough and uncompromising so that
people are giving ground even before they meet you.
You are judged by how well things conclude. Know when to stop. Avoid all conflicts and
entanglements from which there are no realistic exits.
Unconventional Warfare
Make it hard for your enemies to know what is going on around them. Feed their expectations,
manufacture a reality to match their desires, and they will fool themselves. Control people's
perceptions of reality and you control them.
Upset expectations. First do something ordinary and conventional, then hit them with the
extraordinary. Sometimes the ordinary is extraordinary because it is unexpected.
The cause you are fighting for must seem more just than the enemy's. Questioning their
motives and making enemies appear evil can narrow their base of support and room to
maneuver. When you come under moral attack from a clever enemy, don't whine or get angry--
fight fire with fire.
26: Deny them targets: The Void
The feeling of emptiness is intolerable for most people. Give enemies no target to attach. Be
dangerous and elusive, and let them chase you into the void. Deliver irritating but damaging
side attacks and pinpricks.
27: Seem to work for the interests of others while furthering your own: Alliance
Get others to compensate for your deficiencies, do your dirty work, fight your wars. Sow
dissension in the alliances of others, weakening opponents by isolating them.
Instill doubts and insecurities in rivals, getting them to think too much and act defensive. Make
them hang themselves through their own self-destructive tendencies, leaving you blameless and
clean.
Take small bites to play on people's short attention span. Before they notice, you may acquire
an empire.
Infiltrate your ideas behind enemy lines, sending messages through little details. Lure people
into coming to the conclusions you desire and into thinking they've gotten there by themselves.
To take something you want, don't fight those who have it, but join them. Then either slowly
make it your own or wait for the right moment to stage a coup.
Seem to go along, offering no resistance, but actually dominate the situation. Disguise your
aggression so you can deny that it exists.
33: Sow uncertainty and panic through acts of terror: Chain Reaction
Terror can paralyze a people's will to resist and destroy their ability to plan a strategic response.
The goal is to cause maximum chaos and provoke a desperate overreaction. To counter terror,
stay balanced and rational.