Dedicated to Strategic Wisdom and Tactics
This site is dedicated to the strategy wisdom inherited from the classics, including but not limited to such insightful thinkers as Sun Tzu, the authors of The Arthashastra, Plato, Aristotle, Jomini, von Clausewitz, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Miyamoto Musashi, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and modern authors such as John Boyd, Greene and Ellffers and others.
Five Greats of Political and Military Strategy
We focus on five greats of political and military strategy. In chronological order: From China we begin with Sun Tzu’s Art of War and then move to Confucius’ Analects. From Europe we have Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince. And from Japan we have Myamoto Musashi’s Book of Five Rings and Yamamoto Tsunetomo’s Hakagure, the Way of the Samurai.
Classics of Strategy and Tactics
These works occur at different times, written in very different cultures and different languages. However, the common thread is that they are all classics. That is, in spite of their differences and how very far removed from the modern world was the world in which they were written and from which their wisdom was crystalized. Still, we gain wisdom from them. They help shape our thoughts, give us insight, and we can indeed learn from them in many perhaps surprising ways. Something in them is timeless and wise.
Wisdom Distilled and Renewed
We focus on the distilled wisdom which renews itself through the interpretive act of the tactician who applies anew the lesson and thereby gains advantage. This strategy wisdom can be applied equally to military, political, business, athletics and many and other spheres of human activity.
The Opponent and Agonistic Striving
The basic shape of forces understood by these seminal thinkers and strategists is the same. There is the opponent and the basic field of striving.