Chapter 16“The supreme art of war is tosubdue the enemy without fighting,” said the great Sun Tzu. Hewas the only individual in all the galaxy to have penned a book onwar and have it read centuries later. What he said was true, but itwas also not relevant to my situation. Whatever the Molochs were, Icould not subdue them without fighting. Usually a general dealswithan enemy who is deadly, but rational. And usually, although menwillsacrifice their lives for their countries and their buddies,warriorsdo have some regard for their own life. That didn’t appear to bethe case in this situation either. From the little we knew, theMolochs would charge headlong into radiation that would fry theirbones.
Good commanders do not waste their men,even if they have men to waste. Gen. Grant was appalled at
