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    The document discusses the military and political origins of strategy. It notes that Carl Von Claussewitz viewed good strategies as inherently simple but difficult to conceive and implement, so few people succeed as strategists. It also discusses Niccolo Machiavelli's addition of a political dimension to strategy in The Prince, advising leaders to either treat powerful citizens well or crush them completely to prevent retaliation, similar to managing recently acquired companies.

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    The document discusses the military and political origins of strategy. It notes that Carl Von Claussewitz viewed good strategies as inherently simple but difficult to conceive and implement, so few people succeed as strategists. It also discusses Niccolo Machiavelli's addition of a political dimension to strategy in The Prince, advising leaders to either treat powerful citizens well or crush them completely to prevent retaliation, similar to managing recently acquired companies.

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    MILITARY ORIGINS OF STRATEGY

    - The best known military strategist of more recent history is


    Carl Von Claussewitz (1832).

    -According to him, good strategies are inherently simple but


    hard to conceive.

    - Good strategies are difficult to implement so that only very


    few people ever succeed as strategist

    - If we accept the analogy that business is a war then the


    military model of strategy can be as important starting point
    for an exploration of business strategy

    POLITICAL ORIGINS OF STRATEGY

    Niccolo Machiavelli added a political dimension to the study of


    strategy. The Prince published in the early sixteenth century
    was notable for its detached observation of events.

    His advice was that it was necessary either to treat the


    powerful citizens well or to crush them so completely so that
    they could not retaliate .

    It is parallel in how to manage companies which have been


    recently taken over and advice on such matters is rarely
    available in conventional management books.

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