Objective (Direct every military operation towards a clearly defined, decisive, and attainable objective).Secondary Trinity – People, Army, and Government – Clausewitz.Primary Trinity – (1) primordial violence, hatred, and enmity (2) the play of chance and probability and (3) war's element of subordination to rational policy – Clausewitz.Positive ends – The possibility of taking advantage of a new security environment to create conditions for long-term peace – Wass de Czege.Paradoxical nature – The nature of strategy is a paradoxical and does not follow a linear pattern – Luttwak.An entity (whether an individual or an organization) that can process this cycle quickly, observing and reacting to unfolding events more rapidly than an opponent, can thereby "get inside" the opponent's decision cycle and gain the advantage – Boyd OODA loop – Decision-making occurs in a recurring cycle of observe-orient-decide-act.Moral ascendancy – Moral force is the trump card for any military event because as events change the human elements of war remain unchanged – Du Piq.Iron Calculus of War – Resistance = Means x Will – Clausewitz.Golden Bridge – To leave an opponent an opportunity to withdraw in order to not force them to act out of desperation – Sun Tzu.
Center of gravity (military) – The hub of all power and movement on which everything depends, the point at which all energies should be directed.By only closing a canal or an route, using sea denial strategy then the price becomes (X$)*4= 4x$. Intentional insufficient Funding(Rcoined) - ensure you make the funds less than the return, if a cost of logistics costs X$ in delivering army collateral, and supplies.Budget like a business – Ensure there is sufficient funds and revenue streams to finish the war.Asymmetric costs – ensure the cost of enemy losses (or objectives) is at least an order of magnitude higher than the costs of attacking.Salaries – Always pay your troops on time.
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