Rank of strategic principles

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1. Positioning 6.972

2. Flexibility 4.845

3. Economy of Resources 4.213

4. Exploitation 3.306

5. Organization 3.283

6. Unity of Decision Making 2.521

7. Coordination 2.427

8. Morale 1.004

9. Initiative 0.4535

10. Security 0.3935

11. Objective 0.2831

12. Simplicity 0.0927

13. Concentration 0.0634

14. Surprise 0.0400

Napoleon Bonaparte (Department of Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy 1954) wrote: " All of the great captains have done great things only by conforming to the rules and natural principles of the art of war . . . It is for this reason that they are our great models; and it is only by imitating them that we may hope to approach them."