The Art of War by Sun Tzu, Part 3

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In this week’s episode we embark on the final phase of our conquest of Sun Tzu’s Taoist manual for never losing, The Art of War. In the free side of the show we discuss how terrain influenced the outcome of the Battle of Agincourt and how Roman general Varro would have been spared the vengeance of Hannibal had he abided by Sun Tzu’s advice and kept his cool, costing 80,000 of his own troops their lives. Then we take a look at how US fighter pilot John Boyd utilized Sun Tzu’s advice about the rapidity of war to construct a highly deadly theory of winning battles called the OODA loop which we explore in depth. In the extended show we begin by discussing how to influence your own troops under different conditions and why Sun Tzu says you should fire everybody when you take office. Finally we discuss the supreme art of lighting the enemy on fire and the proper use of spies which, amazingly, can be sorted into the five elements and used accordingly. Thank you and enjoy the show!

In this week’s episode we discuss:
The Use of Terrain
The Battle of Agincourt
Hannibal vs. Varro in The Second Punic War 
John Boyd and the OODA loop
Operation Mincemeat 
The Battle of Dorylaeum
Shuai-Juan Mountain Snakes 

In the extended episode available at www.patreon.com/TheWholeRabbit we go further to discuss:
Wafflehouse
The Use of Blackmail in Diplomacy
Fire Everybody When You Take Power?
Attack by Fire! 
Chinese Lunar Mansions 
The Power of Emotion
The Five Elemental Spies
Shen Ji, “The Divine Threads” 
How To Reward Spies… 

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Sources:
The Art of War, Sun Tzu
https://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

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