Saturday, September 13, 2003

Sully's E-Mail of The Day: Proofreading and Historical Knowledge Not Required

"I'm not sure how the 'Flypaper' strategy strikes most readers, but to me it looks like the latest variation of a strategy dating back millennia to Sun Tzu where I believe it was described as taking something of great value from your enemy and holding it. Julius Caesar employed it in a campaign in Asia Minor were his army aggressively took control of the local food and water supply and switched to the defense and ultimately slaughtered a desperate enemy. In our own history, the Confederacy's last hope at Gettysberg was broken when Lee with little choice attempted and failed to take the Little Round Top, a hill he could not permit the Union forces to hold. ...

"Perhaps among your readers there is someone with amore expansive knowledge of military history who can expond in more detail."

I wouldn't count on it.

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