Utility of a Master Tactician

[Phil Masters]

Originally Posted by RyanW

Knowing when not to fight is as important a part of tactics as any.

There’s a Terry Pratchett scene in which Sam Vimes consults the best tactical manual on the Disc about “What to do when a smaller force is completely surrounded and cut off by a much larger force.” He stops reading after the first line; “Be the one on the outside...”