The Art of War: Sun Zi’s Military Methods
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Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations, and while numerous editions of the work exist, Victor Mair’s translation is the first to remain true to … More >>
The Art of War: Sun Zi’s Military Methods
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December 23, 2009
Tags: Methods, Military, Zi's Posted in: Nonfiction
5 Responses
I have been wanting to read Sun Tszu’s treatise for a long time but had never gotten around to it.
It consists of short paragraphs of his writings and many comentaries and arguments regarding them.
It isn’t something you can read in one go. At times it gets tedious reading the conflicting comments.
Because it was written long ago and has been rewritten and translated many times it has lost coherance in places. Still there is much of value and I wish that Bush and Rumsfeld had taken heed of it before getting
us involved in Iraq.
Rating: 3 / 5
The greatest value of this treatise is in its adaptation to business and corporate battlefields. I can not imagine anybody competing in the corporate world without reading this book.
And dare I say no journalist should ever try covering politics, local, state or national, without devouring this book, On War by Clausewits, and The Prince or Discourses by Machiavelli – C. William Anderson, aka Travis C. Ward.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a very important book. In fact it is so valuable that the chinese military classified it so that no up and coming rebels could read it, which is one reason it survived the national book burnings that destroyed so much chinese literature. Nowadays, however, everyone can, and should read this instructive book. This and the teachings of the T’ai Kung are essential for those who seek to understand conflict and humanity itself.
Rating: 5 / 5
I thought the price was right at $0.00 but I was wrong. First, the Kindle rendition of this term paper is very poorly done. The text does not translate well to the Kindle format and that makes it difficult to read. I believe the text has not really been converted to the Kindle format and that makes it a challenge to read – in effect, this is one long chapter.
The term paper itself is just that – a term paper. Innumerable citations, footnotes, etc. I am sure this is a good scholarly work but to a person who has long since graduated from college I found it to be difficult to read and the flow was constantly interrupted. My advice, don’t download this paper
Rating: 1 / 5
A well-known writer friend strongly recommended this book to me and, knowing very little about the subject, I read it on a plane trip to southeast asia. I was entranced from start to finish. It is a work a great nuance and amazing writing. Buy it!
Rating: 4 / 5
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