The Art of War by Thomas Cleary ISBN:9781645472834

Art of War by Thomas Cleary

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The most prestigious and influential book on strategy and dealing with conflict, beautifully translated for clear, accessible reading-including commentaries by other ancient Chinese philosophers and strategists.

The most prestigious and influential book on strategy and dealing with conflict, beautifully translated for clear, accessible reading-including commentaries by other ancient Chinese philosophers and strategists.

From esteemed translator Thomas Cleary and including commentary from philosophers such as Cao Cao, Du Mu, and Du You, this timeless Chinese classic captures the essence of military strategy used in ancient East Asia, with lessons on how to handle conflict confidently, efficiently, and successfully. As Sun Tzu teaches, aggression and response in kind can lead only to destruction-we must learn to work with conflict in a more profound and effective way. Crucial to this strategic vision is knowledge-especially self-knowledge-and a view of the whole that seeks to bring the conflicting ideas around to a larger perspective.

The techniques and instructions discussed in The Art of War apply to competition and conflict on every level, from the interpersonal to the international. A study of the anatomy of forces in conflict, it has been discovered by modern businesspeople who understand the principles it contains are as useful for understanding the interactions of modern corporations as they are for understanding the tactics of ancient Chinese armies. Its aim is invincibility, victory without battle, and unassailable strength through an understanding of the physics, politics, and psychology of conflict.

Thomas Cleary’s translation is a breakthrough achievement that has been a gold standard among translations for three decades, offering the complete text in eminently readable prose with short commentaries by other ancient Chinese strategists and philosophers interwoven throughout. Cleary’s work allows innumerable insights to be discovered through this translation millennia after this oral teaching was first set down.

This unique volume includes “The Art of War”–the most influential book of strategy in the world today, “Mastering the Art of War, The Lost Art of War, ” and “The Silver Sparrow Art of War, ” a translation of Sun Tzu’s “Art of War” based on a recently discovered version of the classic text.


About the Author: The warrior-philosopher and master strategist Sun Tzu, about whom little is known, compiled The Art of War more than two thousand years ago. Legend has it that he was known for the brilliant campaigns he led around the time of Confucius. His work was memorized and passed down orally, before eventually being copied onto bamboo strips and passed around.

02 Jul 2024
 

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Format

Paperback / softback

Genre

Religion & beliefs

Readership Level

General (US: Trade)

ISBN

9781645472834

Author

Sun Tzu

Publication Date

02 Jul 2024

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