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Twenty-Five Hundred years ago, Sun Tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on Chinese warfare and military thought. Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on Sun Tzu to warfare and cilivzation have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday life. The Art of War is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alike.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is shorter than I thought, but the wisdom and food for thought in it is stunning. It is not very easy to translate this in our current life, but this is a book that you pick up over and over again to read parts of it. And doing that gives new thoughts, ideas and ways to turn this into daily practice.
42 of 46 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
"The Art of War" is a classic. Sun Tzu was a master. This particular translation is frustratingly poor. It is nothing more than a public domain translation of Sun Tzu's writings. Many of the translations are awkward and riddled with typos and English grammatical errors. It reads as if it were translated by a Chinese university student with a good, but not perfect, command of the English language. There are no footnotes to explain the occassional untranslatable bits and there is no attempt whatsoever to put the work into its proper historical and cultural perspective. Not even a forward or introduction by a second rate scholar. I believe the publishing company just pulled a free translation off of the web without even bothering to proof read it, made a simple cover (for which they did file a copywrite), and proceeded to sell it on Amazon.com. Very dissapointing.
62 of 69 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was expecting a huge tome full of Confuscian statements which are allegorical to warfare. What I received was a 69-page book of short instructions which are dirrectly about warfare, but in many cases allegorical to life.
Possibly they're all in some way applicable to the day-to-day, the fighting with fire section does seem a bit specialised, but doubtless the scales will fall from my eyes at some stage and I will be able to use its teachings in buying tangerines from waitrose.
The best thing about the book is the ability to spice up conversation. Never again will I use a hackneyed marketing phrase where something from Sun Tzu will work. Brilliant.
Possibly they're all in some way applicable to the day-to-day, the fighting with fire section does seem a bit specialised, but doubtless the scales will fall from my eyes at some stage and I will be able to use its teachings in buying tangerines from waitrose.
The best thing about the book is the ability to spice up conversation. Never again will I use a hackneyed marketing phrase where something from Sun Tzu will work. Brilliant.
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A Decent, Cheap Version
I'll focus my review on the book itself, rather than the content as most should know what to expect from "The Art of War". Read more
Published 9 days ago by AndrewP
very poor translation
bad translation, you get the general gist but some n00b has just printed this off the internet and not actually done any translation, spend a few quid more for a proper... Read more
Published 9 days ago by Lucas North
THE ART OF WAR SUN TZU
I don't know what I expected but I felt disapointed, I thought that there would be stratagems for modern day life how ever what was related in this version is just common sense. Read more
Published 1 month ago by kitchenman
Take the high ground, flame the arrows and protect your flanks!
I'd already read a meatier version of this book, with author's intepretations and explanations, and mislaid it so I thought I'd give this simpler version a try. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Pablo493
A classic for EVERYONE
It doesn't matter who you are, or what you do, Sun Tzu's (500BC) book "The Art Of War" should be in every home and office. Read more
Published 3 months ago by PJMason
Thoughts on The Art of War
On one level this book could be read as if it provides strategum for winning battles - albeit in 500BC China ! Read more
Published 4 months ago by Stuart
The Greatest Book Ever Written
This time I have bought this for a friend, who has just been accepted as an Officer in the Royal Marines. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kip FX Design
What Every Salesperson Needs To Know
In the 80s & 90s Sun Tzu's The Art of War was required reading for everyone in Sales & Marketing in the IT industry. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Tony-de-la-pen
great book
An excellent book. Applies to life in general and not just wars as we have come to know them. Book arrived promptly and in perfect condition. Thank you
Published 7 months ago by Mr. S. M. Withers
What I expected from the reviews
I don't regret buying this book but the person who copied the "public domain" translation from the Internet and added a copyrighted cover could have at least proof read it and... Read more
Published 11 months ago by David Reynolds
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