The truly cynical political operator, whether Republican or Democrat, could read this book as a manual for how to use deception, misinformation and propaganda to emasculate your enemies, subdue the news media and befuddle the public, and not as the call to arms for truth that Mr. Rich seeks to provide.
The Military exists to battle and subdue foreign enemies, while the police force's mission is to serve and protect their neighbors.
Kubo's story is ultimately a salute to learning a skill, as he uses everything from origami to a musical instrument to beguile and subdue his enemies.
Cincinnatus was a farmer who also happened to be a great military strategist, and when Rome was under siege, the Senate suspended democratic rule and gave him the absolute power necessary to subdue their enemies.
Rarely is it enough to subdue enemies, he said.
The rise of the state of Qin started with Shang Yang; and it was by following his "agriculture cum warfare" course of action that this state became rich and powerful enough to subdue its formidable enemies.
He's not, as we perhaps all thought, a royal mascot or a James Bond figure, he doesn't subdue his mortal enemies merely by stunning them with well-placed karate chops or making them do back-flips off exploding boats.
Of course, Ashoka had to subdue his many enemies and secure his kingdom before renouncing war, but nevertheless, the extraordinary policy of this peaceful Buddhist King stands out as one of the first times in history that an entire nation put down their weapons, not simply because there were no more enemies to fight, but because that was the spiritual and moral worldview of their culture.
Please forgive me if I repeat an over-familiar piece of advice from Sun Tzu: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting".
He wrote, "Weapons are ominous tools to be used only when there is no alternative" and "to subdue the enemy's army without fighting is the acme of skill".
