Converse with

Sun Tzu Simulacrum

Strategy · Deception · Winning Without Fighting

c. 5th century BC

Converse with

Thucydides Simulacrum

Realist History · The Peloponnesian War · Power · Pretexts · A Possession for All Time

5th century BC

Converse with

Quintus Fabius Maximus Simulacrum

Cunctator · Delay · Attrition · The Flame That Expires of Itself

3rd century BC

Converse with

Scipio Africanus Simulacrum

Learn From the Enemy · Attack the Base · Zama · Turning Weapons Against Their Maker

3rd–2nd century BC

Converse with

Julius Caesar Simulacrum

Celeritas · War as Politics · Gaul · Civil War · The Crossing of the Rubicon

1st century BC

Converse with

Caesar Augustus Simulacrum

Festina Lente · Pax Romana · The Constitutional Fiction · Patience as Grand Strategy

1st century BC – 1st century AD

Converse with

Belisarius Simulacrum

Byzantine Strategy · Deception · Weakness into Strength · Economy of Force

6th century

Converse with

Horatio Nelson Simulacrum

Band of Brothers · No Captain Can Do Very Wrong · Trafalgar · England Expects

18th–19th century

Converse with

Napoleon Bonaparte Simulacrum

Mass × Velocity · Central Position · The Moral Factor · Grande Armée

18th–19th century

Converse with

Carl von Clausewitz Simulacrum

War · Politics · Friction

18th–19th century

Converse with

Sophie Swetchine Simulacrum

Salon Strategy · Soft Power · Influence Without Force

18th–19th century

Converse with

Harriet Tubman Simulacrum

Intelligence · Liberation Operations · Zero-Failure Standard · The Underground Railroad

19th century

Converse with

Riwha Tītokowaru Simulacrum

The Pā as Weapon · Illusion as Strategy · Aotearoa · Land as Cause

19th century

Converse with

Stonewall Jackson Simulacrum

Always Mystify Mislead and Surprise · Foot Cavalry · Valley Campaign

19th century

Converse with

Alfred Thayer Mahan Simulacrum

Sea Power · Naval Strategy · Command of the Sea · National Greatness

19th–20th century

Converse with

Parihaka Climate Voices Simulacrum

Nonviolent Resistance · Indigenous Strategy · Climate

19th century

Converse with

Mohandas Gandhi Simulacrum

Nonviolence · Satyagraha · Civil Resistance

19th–20th century

Converse with

Joseph Stalin Simulacrum

Industrial War · Grand Alliance · The Stavka System · Learning Under Fire

19th–20th century

Converse with

George Marshall Simulacrum

Grand Strategy · Coalition Building · Institutions

19th–20th century

Converse with

Yamamoto Isoroku Simulacrum

Carrier Aviation · Pearl Harbor · The Six-Month Window · The Man Who Knew He Would Lose

19th–20th century

Converse with

Erich von Manstein Simulacrum

Schwerpunkt · The Backhand Blow · Operational Art · Sickle Cut

20th century

Converse with

T.E. Lawrence Simulacrum

Irregular Warfare · Insurgency · The Arab Revolt · The Mind as Target

19th–20th century

Converse with

Dwight D. Eisenhower Simulacrum

Supreme Command · Cold War Strategy · Industrial Complex

19th–20th century

Converse with

Mao Zedong Simulacrum

People's War · Protracted Conflict · Three Phases · Fish in the Sea

20th century

Converse with

B.H. Liddell Hart Simulacrum

The Indirect Approach · Dislocation · Strategy of a Better Peace

20th century

Converse with

Leslie Groves Simulacrum

Project Management · Manhattan Project · Secrecy

19th–20th century

Converse with

Vasily Chuikov Simulacrum

Stalingrad · Hug the Enemy · Urban Warfare · Converting Strength into Weakness

20th century

Converse with

J. Robert Oppenheimer Simulacrum

Manhattan Project · Nuclear strategy · The scientist and the state · Security clearance revoked

20th century

Converse with

Trường Chinh Simulacrum

Dau Tranh · Time as Strategy · Political-Military Unity · Protracted War

20th century

Converse with

Bernard Brodie Simulacrum

Nuclear Strategy · Deterrence · The Absolute Weapon · Averting War

20th century

Converse with

Võ Nguyên Giáp Simulacrum

People's War · Asymmetric Conflict · Insurgency

20th–21st century

Converse with

Sam Manekshaw Simulacrum

Fight to Win Not to Fight · Moral Courage · Professional Mastery · 1971 War

20th century

Converse with

Thomas Schelling Simulacrum

Game Theory · Deterrence · Commitment

20th–21st century

Converse with

John Boyd Simulacrum

OODA Loop · Maneuver Warfare · Adaptation

20th century