The Art of War

NOT THE FULL TEXT....these are the cliff notes......product page is awful.

This is a ~15 page "summary" of the book. Ordered this thinking it was the full text because it doesn't say otherwise in the description.

This is the single best translation of The Art of War — the one used in history courses and the military. Why? Because it's JUST The Art of War. No long intros. No author's notes. No commentary. No 10 pages of history or Sun Tzu biography.It's simply the text of The Art of War translated by an international group of Chinese- and English-speaking scholars. Period. It's the *definitive* text.Complaining about it being short is like complaining about the Gettysburg Address being short. It IS short. That's the POINT. If you want to read dozens of pages of commentary and history and footnotes and acknowledgements, buy a lesser version. If you want to read The Art of War, buy this one.

Looks like someone printed a PDF I could have found for free online. The book is too wide and tall and the layout, indentation, and general typography are awful.

I want to tell future readers of this book in this way. I read it first when I was 14 or 15. I thought it was a book on how to smartly fight a war. Then I re-read it when I was 28 and it occurred to me that it may be an instruction book on how to navigate an honorable life. Years passed and I recently found it at the bottom of a box in my closet. I read it again at age 56. I realized it has more to offer. If you read this book, you will actively have to replace Sun Tzus' ancient terms and placement of hierarchy and apply them to modern situations and people. Family, bosses, neighbors, employees and the list goes on. It is my belief that this "manual" can help solve minor and major disruptions in life if used correctly. It is a book meant for good.

This is ABSOLUTELY AWFUL. It should say PUBLIC DOMAIN as it is like a copy from someone who took notes off of someone who took notes who took notes off someone who doesn't even write in the English language! It is woefully abridged (to the max) looks like it was not edited or proofread and I loathe it. AWFUL AWFUL AWFUL

This edition was released and showed up in my mailbox yesterday, as I write this review. I preordered it 3 months ago and have been waiting patiently, as I wanted a nice hardback copy of the book to replace the flimsy paperback sitting on my desk. The verse layout of the Art of War I am accustomed to from my other Lionel translations are... biblical, if you will. I skipped over every other hardback on Amazon specifically for this one hoping it would be the same.Book arrives, and while the text IS Lionel, word for word, the verse structure has been removed. I suppose if you prefer reading it like a novel you'd like this, but it was not want I hoped for. Ixia Press, the publisher of this version, also includes some of Lionel's commentary in [brackets] throughout the book, which is honestly very distracting to me. If I want to reference external material, I will. Don't force it on me in the middle of the actual text.Sitting in my bookstand, it looks nice, but the text on the spine is notably offcenter. Also, the binding has left the pages drastically wavy. Quality missed the mark on this one.

This is a condensed version. A cliff notes version of the Art of War. Good for a younger student but not for an adult.

I have only atrted reading but please be aware that this is not the full version but a condensed version. Someone’s posted a picture of what appears to be the full text but that’s not what I received. More like a booklet which the seller should make clearer and for that I’m giving this a 1. Not for the content but for the booklet I received.

This is actually a poorly produced pamphlet, some twenty odd pages - unfortunately the advertisement does not state this fact

Please note...this is not the full version of the book but a very heavily abridged version of approximately 50 pages in very large print. To read from cover to cover takes about 10 minutes.The seller does not make this clear. In my opinion, this book is an absolute rip off.

To quote SUN TZU "he who harkens to my council shall know victory". Wise words from a true genius and although the book was written centuries ago and meant as an aid to military tactics it can surprisingly has great baring and influence on day to day life if you have an open mind and don't just read a book and see the printed word. Sun Tzu explains every point without giving a definitive or direct answer and by doing so shows the true path that you can take with day to day life and it can (if clearly thought out) make any troubles you may have easier to understand and resolve as it shows you new options that might not of been clear to you at first. It's not a big book and when you first see it you might feel slightly cheated but let me assure you the book is more then worth it's weight in gold and the knowledge inside is powerful, iv read this book over and the pages still even after so many turns show me new insight and for want of a better word hope. Forget those self-help power books that go on and on this is a must read and mine goes everywhere with me.

The printed MRP is ₹99 and I got it at ₹69. Delivery from Amazon was as usual good.Now talking about the book I think it's the most overated book that I have read so far. So my suggestion would be not to waste time on this.It is written point wise that also for me seems a little childish.It talks about different tactics of warfare which is completely irrelevant in today's time. One atom bomb and all your Art of War would go in vain.I though of giving it 2 stars but the reviews that is there on the cover of the book is so very good that it made me give it 1 star.Also comparing it with Gita is complete insult to human civilization.Rest I would say if you have a lot of time and want to waste it and get angry after few days then I would suggest you to go for this.