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The Illustrated Art of War
 

The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu's Art of War just got better. The Illustrated Art of War enlivens Thomas Cleary's complete translation, including commentaries, with full-color reproductions of paintings and statuary from China and Japan. Talk about martial art--these depictions show full battles scenes, the Chinese god of war, weaponry, processions--even an ancient map. --Brian Bruya (read review)

Top tags: philosophy,  strategy,  history,  nonfiction,  war (all tags)

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Jason F
  • Rated 5 stars

“Amazing book. Concepts that can be applied to personal and business life. Highly recommend.”

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Becky L
  • Rated 2 stars

“You definitely have to read this with the commentary. It illustrates the book with examples from Chinese history that prove all the maxims Sun Tzu wrote. This was half poetry, half philosophy and very interesting.”

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  • Mark in Doha

    mark in doha said:

    “Still relevant and quoted today:
    "This decision violates a cardinal rule of warfare first promulgated by the Chinese strategist Sun Tzu in his classic The Art of War – always give your enemy the opportunity to retreat. The corollary to a political campaign is that one must always give one’s opponent the opportunity to bow out gracefully. Manipulating the rules to ensure Hillary cannot possibly win does not give her that opportunity, and given the psychology of the individual in question, virtually ensures a continued battle.”

    posted Sunday, June 1 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Madhusudhana B

    madhusudhana b said:

    “BC years or AD years ... Indian war strategies have always been the best since ages. Please refer to Chandragupta Maurya, Ashoka the Greats, The great Kanishkas, The Guptas, The Chalukyas, HarshaVardana .. to name a few...

    Shambhala's Art-of-war is part of all this and more

    Madhu
    0919342810247
    mediachannels@gmail.com”

    posted Monday, January 28 2008
  • Tayyab M

    tayyab m said:

    “It can be applied to any aspect of life and Buisness ...”

    posted Wednesday, December 26 2007
  • Tayyab M

    tayyab m said:

    “It can be applied to any aspect of life and Buisness ...”

    posted Wednesday, December 26 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Stephen K

    stephen k said:

    “A masterpiece!”

    posted Thursday, November 8 2007 ( | view 1 reply )
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