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Quote from B. H. Liddell Hart,


"In strategy the longest way round is often the shortest way there;
a direct approach to the object exhausts the attacker and hardens the resistance by compression,
whereas an indirect approach loosens the defender's hold by upsetting his balance."


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B. H. Liddell Hart (more quotes by B. H. Liddell Hart or books by/about B. H. Liddell Hart)


(1895-1970) British military historian and strategist

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History, Military, Perseverance, Power, Victory, War

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