Historical pattern
•Early
commanders
•Alexander
•Hannibal
•Belisarius
•Jenghis
Khan
•Tamerlane
•Impression
•Early commanders seem consistent
with ideas of Sun Tzu
•Western
commanders more directly concerned with
winning the battle
•Eastern
commanders closer to Sun Tzu in attempting
to shatter adversary prior to battle
* Cheng/ch'i maneuver schemes were employed by early
commanders to expose adversary vulnerabilities and weaknesses (a la cheng) for exploitation and decisive stroke (via ch'i).
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