
- 48 pages
- English
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The Art of War: The Essential Translation of the Classic Book of Life
About this book
The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time.The Art of War is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu was the first to recognize the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions.
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Table of contents
- Copyright
- Introduction
- 1. Laying Plans
- 2. Waging War
- 3. Attack by Stratagem
- 4. Tactical Dispositions
- 5. Energy
- 6. Weak Points and Strong
- 7. Manœuvring
- 8. Variation in Tactics
- 9. The Army on the March
- 10. Terrain
- 11. The Nine Situations
- 12. The Attack By Fire
- 13. The Use of Spies