El Arte De La Guerra (The Art of War) Audiobook (Unabridged)

" Interesting read - easy to replace "war" and "battleground" with any type of confrontation; both professional or personal. "

" War or not, some of the 'instructions' in this book are actually useful in average everyday-situations. "

" I enjoyed all the explanations about the Chinese culture of the period more than "The Art of War" itself. "

" Its a great book. Crazy to think his principals are still very applicable to today. Especially that his concepts exceed the boundries of war. Its almost 'The Art of Strategy'. "

" I haven't read any other editions of this classic. But I think that Giles' commentary adds a lot to Sun Tzu's wisdom. I wholeheartedly recommend this book! "

" Finished it just in time for Valentines Day! "

" This book is not solely about staging warfare, but understanding your fellow man and reasoning in difficult situations. It is a fantastic manual to guide one in business -- and contains wonderful insights into steering one's life peacefully. "

" a must read for all "

" Sun Tzu's axioms of strategy in warfare deserve a yearly reading, along with MCDP-1. Great bathroom reading material. This version contains an analysis and description of the historical context. About 1/5 of it is actually ancient writings. "

" Kind of overrated, but one of those books on many people's book list. "

" Easily applied to the business world. "

" Everything in here pretty much seems to be common sense. "

" It takes some time to work through this one. This is my third go, and each time, I get something new out of it. "

" Pretty darn good but a lot of the ideas just go over my head. Good thing that the other half of the book included interpretations of the passages. "

" Read it all today, not something to be read once.. "

" hard to convert this knowledge to business "

" even it is small book,it needs understanding and really focusing ! a book to reread of course! "

" I must be the only person in the business world to find this book to be a pile of horse manure. Maybe because I don't approach the professional realm as if it's a battlefield? "

" I'm glad to have finally read this book. It's just as relevant now as it was when it was first written, not only in terms of military strategies, but in other areas as well such as business, where knowing your competition is the key to success. "

" Not really sure how to find the relevance to modern life here, but it is still cool to imagine how ancient Chinese generals went about their occupations. "

" Excellent and important - required for business survival. "

" Helps you delve into important aspects of Chinese culture and mindset. "

" Disappointing. I was expecting something deeper and more unknown. The book is very basic and very simple. I am sure at the time this work was written the substance was very wise and fresh but know it is just dull. "

" I did not get this book. I'll be honested, i read the executive summary and i was told to read it to draw the parallels in modern business, but i really struggled to put two and two together. I can see how it'd be a great book from a military or strategic perspective, however. "

" If they read "Art of War", you know their strategy. "

" This is a book tha needs to be read and re-read. There is so much information in it the brain cannot take it all in. "

" Makes you want to put on a suit and go take over something. "

" Hard to believe that this was concieved so many years ago yet it still holds so much insight into all types of conflict, even today. Amazing....... "

" The commentary sometimes gets in the way of the individual aphorisms, but sometimes that's critical so problems in translating can be understood by the reader. "

" This man taught me to fight when there's a clear objective. He also takes a lot of the chance out of the battle. "

" A deceptively simple and easy to read treatise actually holds quite a lot of interesting strategies not just to war but to life itself. "

" Poetic and always confident, the Art of War is still capable of inspiring the modern man with its occasionally dated descriptions. This edition also includes a similar piece by Wu Tzu - also worth reading. "

" Every manager must read it. "

" A must read for everyone in the military who happens to have common sense. If more military and political leadership would read this we would have more successful battles, unfortunately they do not. "

" Short, but with some very interesting thoughts when the wisdom is applied widely. Or conversely, an interesting way to think about war in the modern day - how much still applies, and the few things that are outdated. "