A Washington Post best-seller
“Absorb this book, and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership.”-Newsweek
“A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines.”-Christian Science Monitor
“The Art of War soon could join Machiavelli’s The Prince as required reading in the executive suite.”-USA Today
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars A Classic
This book is a classic! I bought and read this book out of curiosity. It seems to me some of our recent contemporary U.S. “commanders” should have read this book before starting the Iraq war and taken its advise. This book is filled with strategy regarding conflict. Some of the content is obviously way outdated.
3 Stars One of the best books on Strategy
It’s a classic that you can read in under an hour. One of the best books I have read. Simple, basic, and a great strategy foundation. I refer to it all the time. Great book from a historical standpoint, but certainly is a great asset in business.
3 Stars Is the fad over yet?
I admit it. I fell for the fad of the day. Doesn’t happen to me usually. I bought this book when Sun Tzu was everywhere: “Sun Tzu and the Art of War in Business”, “The Art of War in Gardening”, “Sun Tzu on Child-Rearing”. O.K. I made those up. But you remember don’t you?
It’s interesting reading if you are a military historian. I enjoyed it in that respect. If you are a military history buff, and want to put this information in the time and context in which it was written, you will do well. But don’t buy this book thinking it is anything more than that. There is no hidden knowledge in Sun Tzu that will make you a better banker or businessman.
Trust me.
1 Star Published Before Ready
This book unfortunately seems to have been published before it was ready, as other reviewers also note.
The elementary error on the Table of Contents page (with Chapter IX [9] appearing between Chapter IV [4] and Chapter V [5]) suggests no professional proofreader or editor involved. The other spelling, grammatical, and content errors that appear in the text suggest that the material is a largely unchanged Project Gutenberg text file: http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/132
All in all, the publisher should really release a second edition that fixes the myriad easy to find errors. Particularly since this book is obviously selling well and the publisher ought therefore have the funds with which to do so.
In the meantime, a comparable edition at the same price (but properly proofread and corrected) is the Pax Librorum edition: The Art of War which is fully downloadable/previewable via a PDF eBook at the publisher’s website. Or just about any other one from more well-known and established publishers.
5 Stars Art of War-Sun Tzu
Dear Customer Service: Thank you for the opportunity to enjoy the teachings of one of the Chinese Great Thinkers and enjoy their rich history.
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