“To move along the line of natural expectation consolidates the opponent equilibrium, and, by stiffening it, augments his resisting power. In war, as in wrestling, the attempt to throw an opponent without loosening his foothold and balance can only result in self-exhaustion, increasing in disproportionate ratio to the effective strain put upon him. Victory by such a method can only be possible through immense margin of superior strengthen in some form, and even so, tends to lose decisiveness.”
— B.H. Liddell Hart, The Strategy Of Indirect Approach
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