Tactics of Mistake

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Subject: Tactics of Mistake
robur 9/3/2002 3:04:56 AM

What, no mention of Gordy Dickson's "Tactics of Mistake", Mike? You can safely ignore most of the rest of the Dorsai series, but ToM is a true classic of asymetric warfare.

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Mike Robel RE:Tactics of Mistake 9/3/2002 6:01:03 AM

I shall have to look that one up.

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Dave Nelson RE:Tactics of Mistake 9/4/2002 12:59:13 PM

The first half or so of the Tactics of Mistake was indeed excellent, but the whole "psychic superman" stuff it worked into I found to be less appealing.

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msimon RE:Tactics of Mistake 7/25/2003 10:45:15 AM

I recently reviewed the book in light of current history: link

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mike_golf RE:Tactics of Mistake 1/18/2004 9:32:03 PM

The second half of "Tactics of Mistake" can only be completely understood in the context of Dickson's entire Dorsai series. There is a reason that Dickson originally titled "Dorsai" as "The Genetic General". Without that it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. Essentially what happens in ToM is one of the first steps in the evolution of the human race. That said, ToM is a great piece of military science fiction. The extension of the principles of direct/indirect warfare (Lidell Hart) and the integration with Sun Tzu's work is awesome and you can see how it would work, if only we could find ourselves a Cletus to do it.

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