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Cons
Came with scratched guilding, pages were warped, and these two pages were folded and had minor rips. I'm really confused reading a lot of the reviews saying this book and art of illustrated version are rip-offs.
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Quality
Seems to be good translations and well organized.
The advice is most realistic, such as describing the problems of an army on the march needing provisions and thus decimating th... Read More
With over 500 pages in the book of this thickness, it is warranted to protect them.
The print adds to the book's quality.
Price
It will also save you money when you add the prices of all six works.
First costing 4x the price but had included all repetitions.
Even if purchased all used they will cost more than this one.
Shipping
Although was sent to nz but they got quicker than we thought.
My only complaint is the slight damage from shipping.
Packaging/appearance
Ordered the leather bound copy of this book and it is absolutely beautiful.
I ordered this book and received this masterpiece of a leather bound book with gilded edges it is gorgeous it comes with severa... Read More
Wouldn't hesitate getting one again, and in fact am considering purchasing one for posterity's sake since this one's getting hi... Read More
The cover is exactly as pictured has about 550~ pages with the gold trim.
Competitiveness
The binding is strong and the cover is equal to the likes one would find at barnes and noble.
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- This product had a total of 2,417 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 7 2024.
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I was really shocked when i got this book i was expecting a paperback
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But it looks like library quality i needed the book for education but this is way above old textbook quality
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Sad to say my book wasnt damaged but it was a little rough around the edges due to shipment
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In the introduction it is noted that kissinger remarked that mao “owed more to sun tzu than to lenin
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That war is a part of political science a discipline that may—and must—be studied and mastered
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The two translators involved in this book are the british experts in chinese james legge and lionel giles
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For instance the statement “when you surround an army leave an outlet free” does not mean that they will be allowed to escape but that this will prevent the enemy from fighting on in despair you may go ahead and crush them as they try to escape
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To some extent the “art of war” constituted asian “realpolitik
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