TY - BOOK ID - 78489889 TI - A sense of the enemy PY - 2014 SN - 0199987394 0199987386 9780199987382 1306315883 9781306315883 9780199987375 0199987378 9780199987399 PB - Oxford DB - UniCat KW - Political leadership KW - Heads of state KW - Enemies KW - Psychology, Military. KW - Military psychology KW - Psychology, Applied KW - Sociology, Military KW - Military morale KW - Operational psychology KW - Adversaries KW - Antagonists KW - Enemies (Persons) KW - Foes KW - Opponents KW - Hostility (Psychology) KW - Heads of government KW - Rulers KW - State, Heads of KW - Executive power KW - Statesmen KW - Leadership KW - Psychological aspects. KW - Psychology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78489889 AB - More than two thousand years ago the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu advised us to know our enemies. The question has always been how. In A Sense of the Enemy, the historian Zachary Shore demonstrates that leaders can best understand an opponent not simply from his pattern of past behavior, but from his behavior at pattern breaks. Meaningful pattern breaks occur during dramatic deviations from the routine, when the enemy imposes costs upon himself. It's at these unexpected moments, Shore explains, that successful leaders can learn what makes their rivals truly tick. Shore presents a uniquely reveal ER -