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Miguel Arvelo

Great resource for writers 😜

Reviewed in the United States on August 24, 2018

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I'm considering writing a book. The insight I got from this book gave me ideas on characters, battles, etc. It also has some pretty neat quotes for every day life.

Caroline L.

Concise and accessible - teaches strategy and leadership - insights into Eastern Asian culture

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2013

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I've read several different versions of The Art of War, including but not limited to the free one from Project Gutenberg and a free one from Amazon. It's a snappy, quick read with excellent insights and it's one of the most famous books in the world. However, I never really connected to it because the commentary was always in the way and it was always really confusing, because there were many references to Chinese history which I did not understand. This version of The Art of War I bought for my negotiation class with Dr. Stephen Hayford. He uses The Art of War when teaching negotiation to MBA students in South Korea and his Korean students have told him that this is the most accessible, comprehensible version of The Art of War that they had read. Hayford says that the Koreans have to read this book from a young age - in some sort of father-to-son exchange of knowledge - but that his negotiation classes on The Art of War were the first time that they could see actionable insights.

Hayford uses this book not only to teach strategy but also to teach leadership. It's very, very difficult to teach people how to be leaders, and Sun Tzu and Cleary do a really excellent job of showing which qualities are the most important.

I wrote my thesis on the burgeoning China-America conflict, and I think that anybody who wants to understand the basis of Chinese strategy should read this book. I was talking to a guy from West Point last December about how you need to understand the Chinese way of looking at things.

Nk

Amazing

Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2017

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It's amazing how after reading this you see how much of it actually makes sense. From TV shows to everyday life stuff, I see this book in motion.

Chinookman

Nice product

Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2012

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Ok the book is in small readable format and print size. Paper quality is first class and enjoyable to read.

The CD is an added bonus.

Guess what folks, this CD is tagged! 5 STARS for tagging the CD. NOW, I can listen to it on my phone and know where I left off and not open up another book that has generic tagging. Great touch.

To bad those that specialize in audio books do such a poor job and don't come up to speed with today's tech. This book and CD will get lots of use. A hit for me.......

Erik C. Pihl

Sun at war

Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2009

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This book is Thomas Cleary's attempt to make intelligible to Westerners the complex thought processes of a man who many consider to be, if not the greatest, certainly one of the greatest military strategists in human history. Cleary includes not only the main text of Sun's work, but also some of the commentary made on it by other Chinese writers. I must admit that this is not my favorite translation (I prefer the one by Ralph Sawyer), but it is readable and this edition includes a couple of CD's so if you are interested in hearing the work read, you can.

steve marriott

great information

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2019

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i love the art of war it is relevant in all situations i highly recommend it

Christen Behzadi , MD

Introduction is the best part

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2013

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The introduction of this book is phenomenal. It describes in great detail most of the key points of the rest of the book. However, I found the rest of the text confusing. It gives multiple interpretations of a single Sun Tzu key point. Its confusing to read this persons interpretation then that persons interpretation. I would otherwise give it 5 stars if I could have followed along the text better. However, again the introduction nicely sums up some excellent points and I enjoyed that part a great deal. Enough so that I do not regret purchasing this book at all.

B. doyle

Thank you

Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2019

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Richard Ossei-Berkoh

Truth

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2018

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Knowledge is power

Francis Shepherd

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 31, 2018

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Great!

Mohit

A Great Classical Book...

Reviewed in India on March 18, 2020

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Must read ...recommended to everyone esp.to those who want to handle conflicts ..inner or outer both in life .

Amazon Customer

Good read

Reviewed in India on November 25, 2020

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Book is good, contents are excellent. More of tactics then strategy

Siddharth Arora

Was a good read will recommend

Reviewed in India on January 17, 2021

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The product i recived was a little damanged but it was dilvered 2 days earlier
Quality and size is according to prize and the book is really good not world changing but really helpful in building a character

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