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by Sun Tzu, Lionel Giles
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Irresponsible Reader
Irresponsible Reader rated it 4 years ago
Understanding the nature of war is of viral importance to the State. War is the place where life and death meet; it is the road to destruction or survival It demands study. War has five decisive factors, which you must take into account in your planning; you must fully understand their relevance. Fi...
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 4 years ago
For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleIn all honestly, I never realized how short this book was. I was looking for an audiobook that was under two hours to listen to while driving and stumbled across this book on some list on the internet. It seems like one of those well-known books everyo...
AdventurousBooks
AdventurousBooks rated it 8 years ago
I forgot I read this in my serial reading app. it wasn't as amazing as I thought it would be but it's good.
Mindfulness-training
Mindfulness-training rated it 8 years ago
This book was recommended to me as a self-help and management classic written 1,000 of years ago. To appreciate its value one must read it as a self-help and management book with a lot of attention to all the wisdom such ancient books carry. I've re-read the book at different stages of my life and i...
mattries37315
mattries37315 rated it 9 years ago
Within “The Art of War” are three distinct though similar treatise written across over 2000 years and three different cultures that instruct the reader not only how to succeed in war but also politics and business. The opening treatise is the titular “Art of War”, Sun Tzu gives his readers a conci...
Joel Hunter Gun
Joel Hunter Gun rated it 9 years ago
This book makes sense on so many levels, and I can see why it’s a work of study for so many people around the world. This is a book I plan to reread many times over. The part that sticks in my mind the most is the idea of practicing the moral law. If more leaders would employ this in the U.S., we wo...
Martha Sweeney
Martha Sweeney rated it 10 years ago
I love learning about cultures. I'm not a fan or advocate of war, but a lot of what is depicted in The Art of War goes beyond that of common strategies for winning battle. Many of the philosophies by Sun Tzu can be overlapped into all aspects of human behavior singularly as well as groups of indiv...
Distracted Teacher
Distracted Teacher rated it 10 years ago
It's a classic. It's a quick read. Obviously some tactics outdated because of modern warfare and scientific knowledge, but still fun to read. Mostly I love applying what I read to my favorite ninja turtles character, Leonardo.
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents rated it 10 years ago
I can totally see why all military leaders should read this. Quite genius if you're into that type of thing.
spoko
spoko rated it 10 years ago
Many of Sun Tzu's ideas are common-sense enough, but succinctly put here. It's a quick, easy read, so it's not hard to make the case that it's worth the time. But gliding through it effortlessly will make it difficult for the ideas to really stick. So I guess it's also easy to make the case for at l...
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