Tzu Sun: The Art of War: edited, translated and with an introduction by John Minford (Penguin Pocket Hardbacks)

Name: Tzu Sun: The Art of War: edited, translated and with an introduction by John Minford (Penguin Pocket Hardbacks)
Author: Sun, Tzu & Minford, John
ISBN: 9780141395845

by Sun, Tzu & Minford, John

ISBN: 9780141395845

Published: 2014-10-22

Philosophy

For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible new translation, John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today's readers. A lively, learned introduction, chronologies and suggested further reading are among the valuable apparatus included in this authoritative volume. Even those readers familiar with The Art of War will experience it anew, finding it more fascinating - and more chilling - than ever. Little is known about Sun Tzu (544-496 B.C.) and his life during the Warring States period after the decline of the Zhou dysnasty, but his classic, The Art of War, has been one of the central works of Chinese literature for 2500 years. John...

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