The Art Of War

Like Thucydides, [Sun Tzu] has a reputation today at least as great as it was well over two millennia ago ... Given the peculiarly personal acumen and insight that inform Sun Tzu’s brief, sometimes enigmatic, but always practical Art ofWar ... we are surely reading the words of an acutely intelligent military man with a subtle, original mind and a wealrh of experience all his own.’ FROM THE INTRODUCTION BY PETER HARRIS ‘Sun Tzu’s classic work is a fascinating mixture of the poetic and the pragmatic, and every bit as relevant now as when it was written. And this new edition will undoubtedly help ensure that Sun Tzu’s reflections will continué to be studied by military leaders - and, indeed, by civilian leaders, as well — for centuries to come.’ FROM THE FOREWORD BY GENERAL DAVID H.