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Pros
This book shows how to secure yourself against defeat without fighting. Applies to so much more than traditional warfare. Can be used for business peoplr or for military ways of thinking. Tactics / relationships / logistics / strategy.
John f. Giles’ work, first published in 1910, is quite good. The commentary is helpful for additional insights on the text, but not required reading to finish the ancient text. Bob sutton’s online commentary in project gutenberg. Would like to know mo... Read More
Ssu-ma (or sima) is the surname of a chinese family/clan devoted to serving the emperor by giving war advice. The term “s su-ma fa” equates to “the methods of the ssu/sima’. Sun tzu’s work represents the world's most authoritative compendium of milita... Read More
Cons
This is more like a poorly made kung-fu b movie. Unnecessary long explanation even for the simplest thing in the original text. It was put together poorly.
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Quality
This book is so filled with useful information, it could be made into 3 books!
For 50 years, it was the best translation and still the most scholarly, presenting the reader with an incredible amount of info... Read More
My rating is based off of the actual content written by sun zi, not the other filler that is too much of a headache to try and decipher.
I found this to be interesting and well done.
Price
We are guided to practice situational awareness and fight to win but be aware that war can be very costly and brutal.
At the least cost in lives and effort, and 3.
Competitiveness
While some readers might prefer other versions of giles’ work, some stripped to only sun tzu quotes, many will find this versio... Read More
That said, the amazonclassics edition is far more than just the original text.
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- This product had a total of 3,804 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jul 19 2024.
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Ill be honest by the end of it i felt stupider than i was when i started it
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That is my failing not the books
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I did get some stuff out of this
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For me it was a bit of a struggle
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Someone please rewrite this with pinyin
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Wadegiles is outdated and makes this harder to read than necessary
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My rating is based off of the actual content written by sun zi not the other filler that is too much of a headache to try and decipher
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Only when one could not overcome the enemy was there a resort to armed force
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