It contains chapters, each of which is dedicated to one aspect of warfare. Break through the blocks and win your inner creative battles by steven pressfield audio book summary. Twentyfive hundred years ago, sun tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on chinese warfare and military thought. This summary also includes key lessons and important passages from the book. Read it and discover why the art of war has guided soldiers, generals, martial artists, and seekers throughout the ages. Jun 01, 2009 the art of war is one of those books that you just need to keep on coming back to in order to help it seep into your subconscious. Written 2500 years ago, the art of war is the oldest military treatise in the world, a classic study of competition and rivalry that has been utilized by soldiers ever since. This official volume, the art of war spirituality for conflict published by skylight paths publishing, has the indispensable sonshi translation and detailed explanations and annotations of all the verses unrivaled in depth and breadth by any edition of the art of war available anywhere to solidify your understanding. The art of war is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the. And for an overview, click over to the table of contents. Born over 2,400 years ago, warrior, thinker, and leader sun tzu lived during a time of great internecine conflict in china. The art of war ebooks for all free ebooks download. The art of war has long been known as an excellent wartime strategy text, and not without good reason.
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The work, which is attributed to the ancient chinese military strategist sun tzu master sun, also spelled sunzi, is composed of chapters. Particularly, one of the fundamental books about esports, play to win by massachusetts institute of technology graduate david sirlin, is actually just an analysis about possible applications of the ideas from the art of war in modern electronic sports. It is required reading for intelligence personnel in the united states marine corps. Warriors of wall street and in corporation cultures rely on it for guidance.
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