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...cardinal errors in wei-ch'i is containment." Boorman said, applying his theory to the present Vietnam situation. "Your opponent can work behind his lines and cut your forces to pieces. The idea is to surround your opponent by forming strong bases of support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book by Harvard Senior Explains Chess Game's Influence on Mao | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

Citing instances from Mao's writings in which he refers directly to wei-ch'i strategy, Boorman said, 'It would be very helpful for American policy makers to have a rudimentary knowledge of the game," which is played throughout South Asia...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book by Harvard Senior Explains Chess Game's Influence on Mao | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

...Boorman's main arguments is Manchuria proved disastrous against the Maoist, wei-ch'i influenced, strategy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book by Harvard Senior Explains Chess Game's Influence on Mao | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

...Today, Boorman believes, the Americans in Vietnam are repeating many of the errors made in China 25 years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book by Harvard Senior Explains Chess Game's Influence on Mao | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

Born in Peking in 1949, Boorman had no formal education before coming to Harvard, though he had completed most of the book. He is concentrating in Applied that Chiang Kai-shek's Western-style tactic of concentrating massive forces in Mathematics and plans to do graduate work in philosophy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Book by Harvard Senior Explains Chess Game's Influence on Mao | 11/4/1969 | See Source »

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