How do you understand Sun Tzu's concept of "Know the enemy and know yourself" and what is the significance of this concept in modern wars?
Title: How do you understand Sun Tzu's concept of "Know the enemy and know yourself" and what is the significance of this concept in modern wars?
Category: /Literature/Poetry
Details: Words: 1119 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
How do you understand Sun Tzu's concept of "Know the enemy and know yourself" and what is the significance of this concept in modern wars?
Category: /Literature/Poetry
Details: Words: 1119 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Introduction
Sun Tzu's master piece "Art of War" has exercised a potent fascination over the minds of some of the greatest men in history. Beside military men, testimonies of pure literary men are even more remarkable. The following is an extract from the "Impartial Judgments in the Garden of Literature" by Cheng Hou:
"Sun Tzu's 13 chapters are not only the staple and base of all military men's training, but also compel the most careful attention …showed first 75 words of 1119 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1119 total…and reconnaissance systems for enhanced battle-space awareness, and advanced command, control, communications, computing and Information (C4I) systems for increased battle-space control. All these technologies clearly highlights that what Sun Tzu professed 2500 years ago, is still valid and mandatory for a successful military power.
"Knowing the enemy enables you to take the offensive, knowing yourself enables you to stand on the defensive."
"Attack is the secret of defense; defense is the planning of an attack."