Goal Shifting - From Spacial to Temporal to Personal

September 19th, 2007

Alvin Tofller mentioned in his book titled War and Anti-War, that since Vietnam War, the US army has managed to shift it goal from spatial-oriented to temporal-oriented, which lead to the success of the Desert Operation at Iraq in early 1990s. What’s next after temporal-oriented goal? I think the answer might be back to personal-oriented […]

Principles of War, by Carl von Clausewitz (Part IV)

September 16th, 2007

IV. APPLICATION OF THESE PRINCIPLES IN TIME OF WARThe principles of the art of war are in themselves extremely simple and quite within the reach of sound common sense. Even though they require more special knowledge in tactics than in strategy, this knowledge is of such small scope, that it does not compare with any […]

Principles of War, by Carl von Clausewitz (Part II)

September 14th, 2007

II. TACTICS OR THE THEORY OF COMBATWar is a combination of many distinct engagements. Such a combination may or may not be reasonable, and success depends very much on this. Yet the engagement itself is for the moment more important. For only a combination of successful engagements can lead to good results. The most important […]

The Analects of Confucius (IX)

August 30th, 2007

Chapter 9
The subjects of which the Master seldom spoke were — profitableness, and also the appointments of Heaven, and perfect virtue.
A man of the village of Ta-hsiang said, “Great indeed is the philosopher K’ung! His learning is extensive, and yet he does not render his name famous by any particular thing.”
The Master heard the observation, […]

Sonnets from the Portuguese

August 25th, 2007

XLII
My future will not copy fair my past -
I wrote that once; and thinking at my side
My ministering life-angel justified
The word by his appealing look upcast
To the white throne of God, I turned at last,
And there, instead, saw thee, not unallied
To angels in thy soul!  Then I, long tried
By natural ills, received the comfort fast,
While budding, […]




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