The 33 Strategies of War (Animated)

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The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene summarized as succinctly as possible in this 24-min animation by yours truly, illacertus. I received an e-mail reply from Robert Greene after waiting an approximate three months since I sent my initial fan mail linking to these summaries, in which he says Thank You.

"The art of war is to win without bloodshed or the use of force. (Otherwise) the minimum necessary use of violence."

Part I) Self-Directed Warfare
1) Declare War on Your Enemies
2) Do Not Fight the Last War
3) Do Not Lose Your Presence of Mind
4) Create a Sense of Urgency & Desperation

Part II) Organizational (Team) Warfare
5) Avoid The Snare of Groupthink
6) Segment Your Forces
7) Transform Your War into a Crusade

Part III) Defensive Warfare
8) Pick Your Battles
9) Turn the Tables
10) Create a Threatening Presence
11) Trade Space for Time

Part IV) Offensive Warfare
12) Lose The Battles But Win The War
13) Know Your Enemy
14) Overwhelm Resistance With Speed and Suddenness
15) Control the Dynamic
16) Hit Them Where it Hurts
17) Defeat Them in Detail
18) Expose and Attack Your Enemy's Soft Flank
19) Envelop The Enemy
20) Maneuver Them Into Weakness
21) Negotiate While Advancing
22) Know How To End Things

Part V) Unconventional (Dirty) War
23) Weave a Seamless Blend of Fact and Fiction
24) Take The Line of Least Expectation
25) Occupy the Moral High Ground
26) Deny Them Targets
27) Seem to Work for the Interests of Others
28) Give Your Rivals Enough Rope To Hang Themselves
29) Take Small Bites
30) Penetrate Their Minds
31) Destroy From Within
32) Dominate While Seeming to Submit
33) The Chain Reaction Strategy

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Music | Ross Bugden & Kevin MacLeod

[candymanfam]

“Stay strapped or get clapped”
-George Washington (probably)

[Para]

You lack the last strategy :


34) If everything else failed, run.

[CrimsonFox]

Miyamoto's duel is a hilarious read.
The duel was scheduled to begin on an a beach at a specific time.
Miyamoto was four hours late.
The other guy was frustrated, and felt further disrespected when Miya's weapon was a rowing oar.
Miyamoto deleted the guy.

[alexanderiii.]

I plan to conquer the world so this was very helpful.

[phobics]

I like how he pronounces everything in its native origin language(pronunciation of blitzkrieg, napoleon etc.) and then just says Pope Leo eks intead of the tenth lmao

[theultimatetu]

watched this for strategy games 10/10 would do again

[Karricjusz]

That last quote sent shivers down my spine

[dylanflegel]

Instructions unclear, I tried to invade Russia in the winter

[matturner]

"I hear you're a pretty good warrior! Hang on lemme put my oar down"
*Pushes your boat away*

This to me was just so hilarious

[metrozeegle]

Comments:
10% cheers
10% german and french names
80% warhammer inquisition

[warpig]

"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face"

- Mike Tyson

[thattimestampguy]

(1) Declare War on Your Enemies
(2) Do Not Fight the Last War 1:05
(3) Amidst the Turmoil of Events, Do Not Lose Your Presence of Mind
(4) Create A Sense of Urgency 2:21

(5) Avoid The Snare of Groupthink
(6) Segment Your Forces (Surround The Enemy)
(7) Transform Your War into a Crusade (Lead by Example, Deus Vult)

5:16
(8) Pick Your Battles
(9) Turn The Tables 6:07
(10) Create a Threatening Presence
Feed your enemies paranoia
(11) Trade Space for Time

8:35
(12) Lose The Battles But Win The War
(12a) Think ahead
(13) Know Your Enemy
(14) Overwhelm Resistance with Speed & Suddenness
(15) Control The Dynamic
(15a) Be Assertive
(16) Hit Them Where it Hurts
(17) Defeat Them In Detail
(18) Expose and Attack Your Enemy’s Soft Flank 12:17
(19) Envelop The Enemy. Trap Him
(20) Maneuver Them Into Weakness
(21) Negotiate While Advancing
(22) Know How To End 14:10

14:46
(23) Weave a Seamless Blend of Fact & Fiction
(24) Take The Line of Least Expectation
(25) Occupy The Moral High Ground
16:43 (26) Deny Them Targets
(27) Seem to Work for the Interests of Others While Furthering Your Own
(28) Give Your Rivals Enough Rope To Hang Themselves
(29) Take Small Bites

[joshuabyrne]

I’m honestly overjoyed to see you upload again! Your channel has helped me change my life truly, I was in a terrible place smoking weed all the time and not working. Now I’ve been going to college, making the deans list every semester and my mom is finally proud of me. And a lot of that I owe to you and your channel with it’s great content. I wish you nothing but success in the future illacertus! ❤️

[DelightfulDiscs]

"The art of war is to win without bloodshed or the use of force... The minimum necessary use of violence." Aw dang it. So charging a light cavalry forces head on into a much larger group of un-dead zombies isn't a good idea? Shot down in the first 6 seconds of the video. O well, I'll just film it anyway.

[FrederickFokker]

The beauty of this list is that it applies to so much more than war. Sports, office politics, art, etc. Great video.

[federalbureauofinvestigati]

Congratulations! You are now on all of our watchlists!

[joetuktyyuktuk]

Strategy without tactics, is the slowest path to victory.
Tactics without strategy, is noise before defeat.
-Sun Tzu, The Art of War.

[phineasjwhoopie]

"As you are I was, as I am you will be" Wow! Very profound! This is good study material. Many of these strategies can be used as principals to succeed by as individuals. Not necessarily only for those who wage war.

[bustavonnutz]

For every rule there's a situation where you have to break it. No plan survives first contact, so you have to be adapable & be willing to challenge past assumptions.

[TheModernMartialArtist]

I'd love to see you go more in depth into Mastery, as you did with 48 Laws. I credit Mastery with most of my success and hold it in much higher esteem than any other of Green's works. His latest, Laws of Human Nature, is also very very good (As I'm sure most watching this are aware.) I'd rate it as number 2 as of now, but I've only read through it once so far.