The Art of War, with eBook: The Oldest Military Treatise in the World Audiobook

" Conflict is a part of life and all relationships. This book will empower you and provide you with additional understanding of what is going on around you, and give you techniques to help yourself and other reach your goals. Ideally with minimal escalation. "

" must read. it's quick but still a staple for long term thinking. "

" Foundational book for military history. "

" 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. "

" The book was most fascinating. With simple to complex military tactics, economic development and leadership, this book, I shall read again. "

" I'm not sure why I expected complexity from such an old text, but I found this to be easy to read and understand. Sun Tzu's statements at first seem like common knowledge, but all common knowledge comes from somewhere, and our common understanding of the fundamentals of battle come from this book. "

" A should-read book on office politics which will happen to you and around you whether you participate in politics or not. "

" As a martial artist this book was an invaluable insight into the interworkings of not only physical combat, but overall logical regimentation in order to achieve goals, which has been a driving force in my success as one. "

" Even to present day, this book makes sense. Amazing. "

" A guide to war and leadership, a book that will certainly follow me for the rest of my life. "

" Very thought provoking, along the line of Machiavelli. "

" A great classic full of wisdom that withstands the ages. To read and meditate "

" The classic work on the art of warfare. "

" The art of war is common sense but it doesn't hurt to remind ourselves of how calculated we could be. Good book. "

" The well illustrated concept is very much applicable to modern day management even outside battlefield. "

" 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. "

" 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....... "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "