What is a tactic?
Based on real-life examples from history
Reveals its essence.


The importance of strategy is so well known that it cannot be overemphasized, and research on it is also well-organized.
But what about tactics, the foundation and sub-concept of strategy? To borrow the author's words, it's a mess, a tangled web of lush strategic theories, arcane doctrines, and military history, making it incredibly difficult to grasp its essence.
Because B., author of 『On Tactics』
A. Friedman wrote this book with the intention of providing structure, or at least the beginnings of structure, in a field of tactics that had previously lacked an organized structure.


Friedman is a grandson of Clausewitz, J.
The laws of oddness, righteousness, numerical superiority, surprise, and deception advocated by F. C. Fuller, John Boyd, etc. were divided into physical, mental, and moral principles.
In a way, it is a cliché logic, so it is common to think of it as 'natural' and accept it without any proof or criticism, but Friedman explains in detail why it is true one by one through examples of wars and battles from ancient times to the present.


Creative and critical thinking have recently emerged as key issues in the Army's educational system. The translator of this book argues that the foundation and essence of creative and critical thinking lies in each individual's extensive knowledge and experience.
Because without knowledge and experience, we cannot be creative or present critical alternatives.
In a world where the time available for school education and field experience is limited, and the amount of knowledge available is limited, there is perhaps no better way to build a foundation for creative and critical thinking than reading.
This book, though brief, covers essential and essential war and combat cases, naturally laying the foundation for creative and critical thinking.