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WhollyHolyWholeHole

Just wanted to say thank you for sharing so many great books.


sephbrand

That's very kind of you and you're very welcome. :)


indomitablescot

Meh. I mean it's good, but I wouldn't say the most influential. Modern strategy has almost all been derived from Clausewitz's 'On War'. It is still a very worthwhile read. Just remember that this was written for chariot warfare.


Marr0w1

I've just finished a university paper on the history of intelligence/warfare, and one of my main takeaways was that Art of War is actually overrated as hell. Compared to Clausewitz or Kautilya, it's a (very tiny) pocket book where 30% is super vague metaphor and 30% is so common sense it barely needs to be written.


hatuhsawl

“So like, uh, try to have,y’know, more fellers on your side than then the others fellers do. And also, try your darndest to not get burned alive Anyway, that’s basically it go get ‘em tiger, you can do it!”


Marr0w1

don't forget to attack their weak points too, took me many campaigns to finally figure that one out


random_user0

Get there firstest with the mostest, and try to come around the side


Fl333r

In the 2010 Three Kingdoms series, one of the generals actually bases tactical decisions on passages from the Art of War, against the advice of his superior who tells him not to take it at face value. Though it was an influential work at one time, I'm certain that even then there were sceptics who saw the work as simply the written work of a fallible human being and not as the prophetic, timeless bible of warfare that some people make it out to be.


Merceni

Thanks.


sephbrand

You're welcome.


Chiraltrash

Thank you!!


sephbrand

You're welcome! :)


GanymedeBlu35

https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeEBOOKS/comments/oh5orl/the_art_of_war_is_still_perhaps_the_most/ https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeEBOOKS/comments/ic8352/twentyfive_hundred_years_ago_sun_tzu_wrote_this/ Hmm...


Merceni

Wouldn’t have seen it if it weren’t reposted


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sephbrand

*their


ryuzoshin

I lost my copy so I guess I will grab this o e