Surprised, the king asked, "Your son has comprehensively studied military books since childhood. His strategic analyses are very convincing. Wouldn't he be the most suitable candidate?"

国王听了很惊讶，问道：“你的儿子从小熟读兵书，谈起兵法来头头是道，不是他最合适吗？”

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As a result, the son suffered defeat after defeat, much unlike his invincible father because he had no practical experience in warfare, and relied solely on military books for his knowledge.

结果这个儿子果真百战百败，不像他的父亲一样百战百胜，因为他完全没有实地上战场的经验，只是光靠念书而已。

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With me today is Heidi Brown, a historian who has written five critically acclaimed books about military history.

今天和我在一起的是海蒂·布朗，一位写了五部广受好评的军事史著作的历史学家。

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The deadliest attack was the bombing of a military convoy delivering books to a school in southern Afghanistan's Zabul province in which three service members, a State Department civilian and a Department of Defense civilian were killed, according to U.S. officials.

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U.S. military officials have said the books were set aside for destruction because Afghan detainees at the Parwan military detention center at Bagram were using them to trade messages and share extremist writing.

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And he says it's necessary to master Western political science, military science, and books on good management style, if they are ever to successfully run an Islamic state in the Middle East.

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