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generalship

je nuh ruhl ship

  • n  the leadership ability of a military general
  • n  the office and authority of a general

  • Their loss underlined an interesting feature of General Sir Archibald Wavell's technique of generalship.
  • Soon, his almost supernatural generalship would win him fiercely loyal followers, enough to offset a multiplicity of traitors and false friends.
  • To give further assurance that Formosans were no longer to be treated like stepchildren, Nanking abolished the governor-generalship outright.
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  • Winning a War Without Fighting
    The ultimate proof of generalship, Sun-Tzu observed nearly two millennia ago, is the ability to defeat an opponent without fighting. How did one go about convincing opponents that their cause was hopeless and that they were doomed to defeat, in an era before nuclear weapons?
    July 19, 2013 - Heritage Foundation
  • CHENG: Winning a war without fighting
    ANALYSIS/OPINION The ultimate proof of generalship, Sun-Tzu observed nearly two millennia ago, is the ability to defeat an opponent without fighting. How did one go about convincing opponents that their cause was hopeless and that they were doomed to defeat, in an era before nuclear weapons? By striking at the ...
    July 18, 2013 - The Washington Times

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