The Art of War by Sun Tzu ( Full Twitter Report)

seeing that I've finally finished tweeting about The Art Of War I thought it would be nice to give the whole book as a Twitter report.

C1. #TAOW Laying Plans: All warfare is based on deception. Choose generals wisely, Consider Heaven and earth. Many calculations = win 6:55 PM Dec 30th, 2009 from web

C2. #TAOW Waging War: Your aim is Victory not lengthy campaigns. Forage off the enemy's provisions afterwards. treat captured solders kindly

C3. #TAOW Attack by Stratagem: try not to fight. It's better to capture than destroy. Make sure your army believes in you. Know enemy & self

C4. #TAOW Tactical Dispositions: Secure yourself against defeat. The enemy weakness is key to victory.

C5. #TAOW The Army on the March: Rivers are bastards. Keep the high ground. clouds of dust can tell a lot of what your foe is up to.

C6. #TAOW Energy: There is lots of combinations of attack/ defence. choose when to strike carefully. Something about logs stones and hills.

C7. #TAOW Weak Points and Strong: Get to fights early. if the enemy strength is in the front his rear will be weak. Play mind games

C8. #TAOW Maneuvering: Move like the wind but be as compact as a forest. Use local guides. Don't take the bait the enemy gives. Study moods

C9. #TAOW Variation in Tactics: Don't change your tactics & you will fail. learn what can/can't be touched. There is 5 ways of screwing up.

C10. #TAOW Terrain: know your self, enemy and the earth and you will win. Treat your men as your own children & they will fight to the death

C11. #TAOW The 9 Situations: in 9 situations react in 9 different ways. Put your army hopeless situations and they will fight to the death

C12. #TAOW The Attack by Fire: when you set a camp on fire be downwind of it. careful because you may destroy useful items.

C13. #TAOW The Use of Spys: there are 5 types of spies. Use spies to learn more about the enemy. Bribe enemy spies. Spies help army move