The Art of War

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The Art of War will teach you to conquer your opponents and gain a loyal following. 


It 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 recognise 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.

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4.6
504 reviews
Noah Johnson
August 20, 2020
It's a great book. Simply put, Sun Tzu says that it is better not to fight than to be involved in a conflict, but if you are going to have to fight, then you have to do it to win, and these are the various strategies, often brutal, that will get you that result.
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Vijay Surwase
August 20, 2020
Awesome book... Pretty amazing insights. What I really loved is the fact that much of the insights can be used in today's fiercely competitive corporate scenarios as well. Must read!
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David Rebolledo
September 18, 2020
really cool book. it was written a long time ago but still applies today. lot of good quotes and you can finish it in a night
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