Key Arguments

• The essence of maneuver lies in converting indirect approaches into timely arrivals and positional advantage.
• Skill consists in reversing adverse situations into profit through artifice and timing.

Source Quotes

3. After that, comes tactical maneuvering, than which there is nothing more difficult. The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.

After that, comes tactical maneuvering, than which there is nothing more difficult. The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain. 4.

4. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of DEVIATION. 5.

Key Concepts

• After that, comes tactical maneuvering, than which there is nothing more difficult.
• The difficulty of tactical maneuvering consists in turning the devious into the direct, and misfortune into gain.
• shows knowledge of the artifice of DEVIATION.

Context

vii. Maneuvering (lines 406–489) — definition and difficulty of maneuver