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Valaska Svendsen

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  1. I like the part where Sun Tzu isn't considered historically accurate at all, and the Art of War is basically a narrative of common sense that was built upon by commanders of dynast forces in China over the ages. The story of the concubines was completely fabricated, and it even has very limited real world application in any way. Punishment isn't the best form of control not by a long shot, you always need the threat of punishment and once the threat is gone (IE the General is taken away due to political needs) discorse and disorder ensue. Anyone who takes The Art of War as a completely accurate, to live by bible is a complete rube and moron, offense to anyone who does actually do this is meant. The thing is, just that, to treat it like the bible. There is some things you can take from The Art of War, and there are some general idea's that do indeed work. But to take this as a literal document is ridiculous, to assume that Sun Tzu wrote it all himself is completely hilarious, as the timeline doesn't match what-so-ever. In fact the book has had many revisions and re-writes! But for those are bible hump The Art of War, don't depair. Some historians actually theorize that Sun Tzu "... [M]ay have been an actual General... [P]ossibly wrote the core of (The Arth of War) where his ancestors and descendants added to it over the years" (Ralph D. Sawyer, 2002). And for those whom suffered through the book and managed to take little good from this book filled with some of the worst qualities of humanity, good for you! Suggested replacements for reading, more a long the lines of what it takes to be a soldier, or leader, and the gravity of said position would be, It Doesn't Take a Hero, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf; They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, General Romeo Dallaire; Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, General Romeo Dallaire; Valiant Young Men, Bryce D. Gibby. There are many other, but I prefer to see the humanity side of conflict, because its the one you will have to deal with most as an infantryman, an officer, and even a general.
  2. Well Burrquin can send you it, I knwo a guy who would want it in real life if he does/
  3. Its not that good, and you are better waiting for MWO.
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