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		Steko on Sept 3, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Aristotle’s (apocryphal) advice to Alexander the G... I dunno, the whole thing seems straight out of The Art of War, best is to win without fighting ... worst to besiege his cities.

junto on Sept 3, 2015 [–]

As a supplement to this; if you do besiege his cities, always leave a narrow path of escape. A city without hope will fight to the death.

I'm fairly sure that is also in the Art of War too.

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