
William Duggan on Strategic Intuition
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The Importance of Setting a Goal
The Civil War is actually very interesting because it was only grand. And really the final success was grand and Sherman. They both understood this understanding how mobile war works. So what does that have to do with us today? This understanding of Clausewitz. What do we learn from Clausewitz and the lessons of military genius such as Napoleon? Well, one thing that I found very, very interesting is because here we have this strategic – in the sense sort of the classic of military strategy is this very – as you say, sometimes you don't fight and you conform your actions to the force of circumstance as you find it.
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