In his classic treatise Strategy: The Indirect Approach, B.H. Liddell Hart, reflecting on his World War I experiences, insisted on the foolhardiness of direct attacks on an entrenched enemy. “In strategy,” he argued, “the longest way round is often the shortest way there.”
在B·H·里德尔·哈特反思一战经验的经典论述战略：间接方法中，哈特坚持认为直接进攻在防御工事中的敌人是匹夫之勇。他认为，“战略上最直截了当的方式往往欲速而不达。”