Sun Tzu said: Raising a host of a hundred thousand ... When these five kinds of spy are all at work, none can discover the secret system. This is called "divine manipulation of the threads." ...

It also captivated Sutton, who adapted the old general's "Art of War" into his own thinking and who still, to this day, makes a point to insert a quote from Sun Tzu into his weekly Chiefs game plans.

His famous quote, “War is the continuation of politics ... but also look to the fifth century BCE strategist, Sun Tzu. “The art of war is of vital importance to the State.

The first thing to understand when reading an English translation of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War is that you are dealing with what former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld called “known ...