Liddell Hart
Americannoun
noun
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Rejecting Clausewitz, Liddell Hart embraced the ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, who wrote, “Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
Many historians have critiqued Liddell Hart for twisting history to make every conflict fit his argument.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
Liddell Hart called Sherman the “most original genius of the Civil War,” crediting him with a nimble fighting style that assaulted the enemy’s infrastructure and morale.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 16, 2014
It's in the tradition of Alan Clark's book The Donkeys, which follows on from critics like strategist and military historian Basil Liddell Hart and former Prime Minister David Lloyd George.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2013
Liddell Hart worked on this history for a quarter-century; he died last year while correcting proofs.
From Time Magazine Archive
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