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Defeat Them in Detail: The Divide and Conquer Strategy. Look at the parts and determine how to control the individual parts, create dissension and leverage it.

Robert Greene

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
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Norwich
Norfolk
Defeat
Leverage
Parts
Divide
Control
Detail
Create
Divides
Individual
Conquer
Look
Strategy
Looks
Details
Determine
Dissension

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