“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting”
No, the idea is that before battle begins and swords start clashing the outcome is already decided due to factors like strategy and operational art, which includes everything leading up to the battle like maneuvering of forces to logistics and morale management.
India's defeat to China during 1962 is a good example of this, like I've illustrated in the article.
“Hence to fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting”
Is he referring to diplomacy?
No, the idea is that before battle begins and swords start clashing the outcome is already decided due to factors like strategy and operational art, which includes everything leading up to the battle like maneuvering of forces to logistics and morale management.
India's defeat to China during 1962 is a good example of this, like I've illustrated in the article.