“Take a line of operation which offers alternative objectives.” “Ensure that both plans and dispositions are flexible—adaptable to circumstances.” “Do not throw your weight into a stroke whilst your opponent is on guard—whilst he is well placed to parry or evade it.” Liddell Hart would compare a strategic plan to a tree, saying that a healthy one has multiple branches, and that a plan with a single branch is but a barren pole. A tree with a single branch is not a tree at all, it’s a gallows.
