I shall run wild for six months to a year, but I have utterly no confidence for the second and third years.
やってみせ、言って聞かせて、させてみせ、ほめてやらねば人は動かじ。
Military Strategists
Isoroku Yamamoto
The Japanese admiral who planned the Pearl Harbor attack and commanded the Combined Fleet during the Pacific War's decisive early phase (1884-1943). Yamamoto Isoroku understood better than anyone that Japan could not win a prolonged war against America — yet executed the gamble that started one, embodying the tragic tension between strategic clarity and institutional obligation.
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