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307 “ ‘Ponder and deliberate’ ”: Sun-Tzu, Sun Tzu on the Art of War, trans. Lionel Giles, chapter 7.
307 “ ‘The highest form of generalship’ ”: Ibid., chapter 3.
307 “ ‘The good fighters of old’ ”: Ibid., chapter 4.
307 “ ‘All warfare is based on deception’ ”: Ibid., chapter 1.
308 “even if targets are not yet acquired”: Craig L. Symonds, The Battle of Midway (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013).
308 “ ‘Never venture, never win’ ”: Sun-Tzu, Sun Tzu on the Art of War, trans. Lionel Giles, chapter 7.
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