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The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which provides quality editions at affordable prices, featuring new scholarship and thoughtful design. Notable features include new introductions from contemporary writers, author biographies, chronologies of significant events, footnotes and endnotes, discussions of related works, comments from renowned authors, study questions, bibliographies, and indices. Each edition is beautifully designed and printed to high standards, with some including historical illustrations. Sun Tzu’s strategic insights, penned 2,500 years ago, remain relevant today for business, politics, and personal confrontations. This work serves as a vital resource for modern leaders and corporate warriors seeking to gain an advantage in competitive environments. The edition utilizes Lionel Giles’s celebrated 1910 translation, enhanced with commentary from esteemed Chinese scholars and relevant Western quotations. This makes Sun Tzu’s classic more accessible to aspiring leaders and military strategists. Dallas Galvin, a writer and journalist with expertise in international affairs and the arts, has covered military issues in Latin America and Asia and has produced documentaries for the NATO Alliance.

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Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been the premier manual of Chinese military strategy for the past two millennia and, as thousands of Asian businessmen can attest, this classic work is as applicable to the corporate world as it is to the battlefield. This is the only contemporary edition of the classic Lionel Giles translation to contain all of the translator's original notes, to help you better understand Sun Tzu's powerful maxims and apply them in your daily life. John Minford's foreword brings insights to this classic text and its timeless relevance to the modern world. BILINGUAL EDITION: COMPLETE CHINESE AND ENGLISH TEXT This edition also marks the first time Giles' translation has been converted to Hanyu Pinyin—the standard Chinese romanization system. Additionally, the book contains the full Chinese language version of the text, along with Giles' extensive notes, with their original Chinese text references to the historical Chinese commentators, making this edition a treasure to military scholars, martial artists, and those planning to use Sun Tzu's strategies to conquer the business world. Sun Tzu's book will arm you with the knowledge that has allowed those who have studied this classic to gain victory—and often, total domination—over those who remain ignorant of its sage advice.

Umenie vojny Majstra Sun je už viac ako dva a pol tisíc rokov považované za základnú príručku bojovej taktiky a stratégie velenia a stalo sa kultovou knihou lídrov nielen na bojisku, ale predovšetkým v biznise. Karen McCreadie v tejto knihe vysvetľuje a komentuje vojnové stratégie Majstra Sun a ich využiteľnosť vo sfére podnikania. Na jej stránkach sa dozviete: Prečo musíte svoj trh poznať zo všetkých strán, aby ste dosiahli čo najlepšie výsledky, prečo je disciplína kľúčom k úspechu, prečo je pri využívaní nových možností rozhodujúca pružnosť, prečo sa musíte pripraviť na všetky scenáre, prečo musíte vždy kuť železo za horúca a mnoho ďalších užitočných poznatkov. Tento nanajvýš aktuálny výklad diela Sun‑c’ nie je prepisom originálu. Autorka vyberá prenikavé myšlienky Majstra Sun a poukazuje na ich nadčasovú povahu tým, že ich oživuje súčassnými príkladmi zo sveta podnikania. Tento osviežujúci prístup umožnil pretaviť výnimočnú múdrosť pôvodného Umenia vojny do pútavého sprievodcu k jednej z najlepších kníh o stratégii, aké boli kedy napísané. Karen McCreadie pracovala v oblasti marketingu a osobného rozvoja vo Veľkej Británii a v Austrálii, neskôr sa ako spoluautorka podieľala na viacerých knihách významných autorov.