>When your enemy is making a mistake, don't interrupt

http://www.lesc.net/blog/napoleon-and-sun-tzu-gary-gagliardi-science-strategy-institute

No hard evidence, but it wouldn't be implausible that Napoopan read Sun Tzu.

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>>3011415
napoleon almost certainly got that from the art of war

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>>3011415
>No hard evidence, but it wouldn't be implausible that Napoopan read Sun Tzu.
Is it really that plausible? Was the Art of War even translated in French (or Greek or Latin for that matter) at the time?

Given that warfare is first and foremost about deception, it stands to reason that two great generals could come up with this idea independently.