Reducing one's opponent, the book notes, can be accomplished in a number of ways other than direct military confrontation.[5] The book notes that these alternative methods "have the same and even greater destructive force than military warfare, and they have already produced serious threats different from the past and in many directions for...national security."[5]
List of methods of attack
psychological warfare[9]
smuggling warfare[9]
media warfare[9]
drug warfare[9]
network warfare[9]
technological warfare[9]
fabrication warfare[9]
resources warfare[9]
economic aid warfare[9]
cultural warfare[9]
international law warfare[9]