A review by smiorganbaldhead
Tactics Of Mistake by Gordon R. Dickson

4.0

3.5/5. This book's exploration of misdirection tactics is interesting, and I enjoyed reading more about the background of the Dorsai. I wish we learned more about Cletus's motivations. At first he appears to be a smart and ambitious scholar of military tactics. Later his goals are revealed to be much larger, but without clear reason why they are important to him. He also becomes less sympathetic later in the book due to his mistreatment of the people close to him. Tam, from Soldier, Ask Not, was also something of an anti-hero, but his motivations were much better developed. While I like this book less than the previous entries in the Childe Cycle, overall I still enjoyed it and look forward to continuing the series.