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The art of war has long been considered not only a military classic, but a classic book in general. The art of war full audiobook by sun tzu sunzi business. People sometimes assume that because the art of war is short, and it mentions sun tzu in the text, a given edition is an abridgment or a summary. However, in general, i would advise against attaching to much importance to each word in the english tra.
The art of war is a translation of sun tzus originally written book on battle strategies by author james clavell. Its the iching of conflict, the contemporary companion to sun tzu s the art of war, and is abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly and genius of everyone from napoleon to margaret thatcher, hannibal. Read by phil chenevert first compiled in the 6th century bc, the art of war presents a philosophy of war for managing conflicts and winning battles. He was a master of soft power and the father of agile warfare. Sun tzu chinese philosopher sun tzu was a chinese military general, strategist, and philosopher who lived in the spring and autumn period of ancient china.
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