Title Of the Uncertainty of our Judgment
Author Michel de Montaigne
Kind of Book Essay
How strongly I recommend it 9/10
My Impressions Short, sweet, and well worth reading. Montaigne was the man
Practical Takeaways
Don't attack someone who you have given no means of escape //sim Sun Tzu
Big Ideas
A person (or animal) who has no option but to fight or die will fight much harder than one who has an escape
Several battle tactics in war have pros and cons and different generals have different preferences. Therefore, Quite a few outcomes of battles are the result of luck, not of good military decision making