Book,+The+Art+of+War

Overview:
(Return to Book archives) //**The Art of War**// is a Chineese Military Treatise that was written during the 6th Century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on Military strategies and tactics of its time. (As found on Wikipedia)
 * The Art of War** is one of the oldest books on military strategy in the world. It is the first and one of the most successful works on strategy and has had a huge influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, and beyond. Sun Tzu was the first to recognize the importance of positioning in strategy and that position is affected both by objective conditions in the physical environment and the subjective opinions of competitive actors in that environment. He taught that strategy was not planning in the sense of working through a to-do list, but rather that it requires quick and appropriate responses to changing conditions. Planning works in a controlled environment, but in a competitive environment, competing plans collide, creating unexpected situations.

Directory:
1. Laying Plans 2. Waging War 3. Attack By Stratagem 4. Tactical Dispositions 5. Energy 6. Weak Points and Strong 7. Maneuvering 8. Variation in Tactics 9. The Army on the March 10. Terrain 11. The Nine Situations 12. The Attack by Fire 13. The Use of Spies

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