Sun Tzu's insights on the art of war

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: November 19, 1989| Author: Dan Sewell | Copyright information

Move over, Machiavelli.

The current bible of play-to-win strategists is no longer that 16th century Italian author's The Prince, but the much older writings of the Chinese military tactician Sun Tzu, assembled as The Art of War.

Sun Tzu's writings finally reached the Western world in the late 18th century and reputedly were followed by the Soviet Red Army, the Japanese military, Vietnamese guerrilla leader Ho Chi Minh and Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Tse-tung. The works...

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