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Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu's classic The Art of War is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations. These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors. Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu can be applied outside the realm of military theory....
3) Art of war
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University of Chicago Press
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2003.
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English
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Written after 1513's "The Prince," Niccolo Machiavelli's war treatise, "The Art of War", is a dazzling array of war tactics and strategies based on the military strength of the Romans. Machiavelli wrote "The Art of War" as a dialogue between a group of young men in the Florentine republic. The main narrator, Lord Fabrizio Colonna, is the voice of knowledge and wisdom. The others ask questions about military tactics, and Fabrizio gives them advice...
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BN Publishing
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[2009]
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English
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"When the undefeated samurai Miyamoto Musashi retreated to a cave in 1643 and wrote The Book of Five Rings, a manifesto on swordsmanship, strategy, and winning for his students and generations of samurai to come, he created one of the most perceptive and incisive texts on strategic thinking ever to come from Asia. Musashi gives timeless advice on defeating an adversary, throwing an opponent off-guard, creating confusion, and other techniques for overpowering...
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Editorial Alma
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[2019]
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Español
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"Es un lugar coúmn referirse a El arte de la guerra como ±la versin̤ china de El prn̕cipe y a Sun Tzu como ±el Maquiavelo oriental, aunque, bien mirado, fueron Sun Tzu y su libro de estrategia los que inspiraron a Maquiavelo. Nadie dira̕, a la vista de su estructura, su concisin̤ y su estilo tan directo, que esta obra tiene ms̀ de dos mil ąos. Su contenido tiene tanta vigencia hoy como entonces, porque, en el fondo, las siempre acertadas...
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