Download act of war by sun zu pdf

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Loved each and every part of this book. I will definitely recommend this book to non fiction, classics lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Read Online Download. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Reviewer: Yeti - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - July 3, Subject: Deep fundamentals I had studied military history and played wargames real deal, war college style for a couple of decades before reading Sun Tzu.

So for me a lot of the text came across as all too obvious common sense. But this text provides insights beyond physical tactics and historical interest and has earned its durable international reputation: Sun Tzu wrote about battlefield strategy, but also about campaign strategy, the economics of warfare, and the motives and morale of both soldiers and the politicians whose directives initiate war.

This particular translation includes useful commentary referencing a variety of ancient commentaries, and draws comparison to more recent i. Civil War referents. Anyone who wants to understand both literal warfare and "moral equivalents to war" would be well served to study this text and dwell in particular on whatever parts seem counter-intuitive or nonsensical: That's where a given reader will find challenges and rewards.

As a lifelong pacifist, I make it my business to study war with grim determination. The time to lay down that sword and shield and "study war no more" is when we arrive "down by the riverside. Five star rating because the scale does not go any higher. Reviewer: peter gossner - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - March 8, Subject: The Art Of War Seems most reviews here on this work are just about formatting or some such.

This book, this work, is an English translation of recovered snippets of ancient Chinese script found on bamboo strips a couple of thousand of years old. So don't expect simple clarity, on a first read : None the less it still contains eternal truths guidelines and wisdoms.

If I were setting up a backup up archive on say Mars this would be one of the texts I would would have engraved into the quantum level fabric of the data store : A great treasure for all of humanity. If you are careful of your men, and camp on hard ground, the army will be free from disease of every kind, and this.

The Art of War written by Sun Tzu is one of those books that could be classified in the genre of pop-culture. Although its content used to be considered as a carefully protected state secret in. Before you download. Click here to start reading online at Chapter 1.