The Art of War
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3.1 • 2.3K Ratings
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Publisher Description
An Apple Books Classic edition.
It’s believed that Sun Tzu wrote this Chinese military primer during the 5th century BC-hundreds of years before the Bible. The book’s 13 chapters explore principles that statesmen around the globe have employed for centuries to defeat their enemies at war.
Sun Tzu starts by mapping out the five fundamental factors that lead to war. He then covers a wide range of topics, from avoiding conflict altogether to strategically positioning soldiers, pulling off tactical maneuvers, and putting spies to use.
Despite the technological advances made since The Art of War was published, Sun Tzu is still considered one of history’s foremost military strategists, and his methods still ring true. While he wrote the book as a manual for those who would literally wield swords, it has reached a much broader audience in this day and age. Warriors of all kinds-like corporate leaders or athletes-seek out Sun Tzu’s wisdom in their quest for success.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The workplace is a battlefield, according to author, speaker and businesswoman Chu. In her latest, she distills The Art of War, Taoist philosopher-general Sun Tzu's international bestseller on the fundamental elements of warfare and business strategy, into a primer and call-to-arms for working women. In vivid battlefield terminology, Chu covers everything from promotions and work attire to dealing with sexual harassment and male chauvinist co-workers. Lessons tend toward a "universal nuggets of wisdom" format; one of the keys Chu advances is "Know Thyself," because "how well you know the world around you is directly proportional to how well you know yourself." Other chapters cover the disposition of winning, conflict strategy, the utility of imagination, techniques for management and "fireproofing yourself." At a time when the ideal of a full, fulfilling work and home life seems more difficult than ever to achieve, Chu's primer on becoming "an effective strategist and warrior" will give doubters cause for reconsideration.
Customer Reviews
Bible of War Strategies
If you're running a business or if you are into politics then this book would probably be the Bible as it lays the foundation of so many strategies to tackle the competition/opposition. But, be reminded that it was written ages back, which is another reason for comparing it to the bible since not many would understand the reading bible in the first place. You’ve to understand every single word written in the book to understand the meaning of the whole sentence, in which case, I’d compare this to Thirukkural in Tamil which contains all the proverbs/advice required to lead our lives in a better way but people don’t read it since nobody really understands that Tamil and most people would want someone else to explain it to them, this book is also written in a similar way but has explanation also followed by it but still it wasn’t enough for an average reader like me to grasp the content except some simpler ones which were really powerful.
It’s a very good book
I have read the offline edition so I can tell this book is good
Amazing book
Maybe written in aspect to war but perfectly apt to be used in everyday situation at work! Coz these days work is war!