The first part of this read goes into how Sun Tzu portrays how a lot of the same concepts and principles are still used in Armies in the present day. He exemplifies the importance of what he decscribes as being “the five fundamental factors.” These are:
1. Moral Influence
2. Weather Assesment
3. Terrain analysis
4. Command
5. Doctrine
He goes into detail about all 5 of these factors saying:
· Moral Influence- this pertains directly towards motivation and willingness to engage an enemy in combat, if a leader cannot motivate those under him or give them purpose and direction as well as well as a role of importance, the subordinate is lost, unmotivated and doesn’t see the point in what their doing ( a recipe of disaster). Thus, a true leader is needed to prevent all of the above from happening.
· As for the second and third (weather effects and terrain analysis) in my eyes are pretty close in comparison as both are vital to a mission and both cannot be overlooked as stated by Sun Tzu. Both are vital for gaining strategic positions and holding them. For instance, If it’s raining on a steep hill which your squad has set up an entrenchment on, you’d want to make sure it stable because if it rains you don’t want the thing collapsing and falling apart during a fire-fight in the rain.
· Sun Tzu goes onto describe a whole list of traits a commander or anyone in a leadership position should posses if they wish to be successful
· Motivation and Doctrine can be considered related as well, in that the end result is based directly off of the leaders teachings and style.
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