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All you need is a couple of hours and a thesaurus. Pure warfare tactics to be used in battlefields. Few advices are beneficial in nowadays life and in business.
Sun tzu's work is a classic. Written for wat but very adaptable. Everard ferguson calthrop remember this name!
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The chinese and japanese are still skillful and tenacious negotiators, but their new generation of negotiators are more western oriented and probably never read this book.
This is like clif notes but no where near as good. It's condensed down to 60 pages of proverbs with context taken out. The whole book is a jumbled mess of hanging paragraphs and stray indents that ruin the flow of the words.
Most of the wisdom is simply common sense dressed up in militaristic metaphors. It is virtually impossible to distinguish what sun tzu wrote contrasted against what someone else wrote about sun tzu. The author's frequent bracketed interjections, footn... Read More
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A classic for a reason, this book provides insights whatsoever much applicable in modern business and the general navigation of... Read More
The real war application has become tradition for both skirmishes and protracted battles.
Relevant for:-pre-teen being bullied-teen needing to calm down hormones-young adults facing "life's challenges-workplace-those ... Read More
It has wisdom on warfare, and you can use this wisdom in different parts of life and not just warfare
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I consider the james clavell translation of the art of war to be the goto for anyone wanting an introduction to sun tzu
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To quote the book all war is deception
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This book requires a read through more than oncefor some of us
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A lot of this i can not relate to yet
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But i know at some point it will all make sense
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Sometimes as well the most elemental struggle lies within
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Those who do not understand history are doomed to repeat it
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Its the art of war if you need a review before buying this book then you probably shouldnt be buying the book
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