The Art of War, by Sun Tzu.
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The Six Principles of Courting Destroy
An army is exposed to six calamities, not arising from natural causes, but from faults for which the general is responsible. If one force is hurled against another ten times its size, the result will be the flight of the former. When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or not he is in a position to fight, the result must be ruin. These are six ways of courting defeat, which must be carefully noted by the general who is attained a responsible post. He who knows these things, and in fighting puts
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