FA: $2.00 Art of War
Elric of Imrryr
8/21/99 17:52:10 pDT
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Art of War
By Sun Tzu
Edited and with Forward by James Clavell
Soft Cover, Delta Press, 82 pages.
Used, some writing (ink) inside front cover.
If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Ifyou
know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also
suffer a defeat. If you know neither ihe enemy nor yourself you will succumb in every battle....
These are the words of ancient Chinese philosopher Sun Tzu, whose now-classic treatise, THE ART
OF WAR, was written more than 2,500 years ago. Originally a text for
victory on the battlefield, the book has vastly transcended its original purpose.
Here is a seminal work on the philosophy of successful leadership that is as applicable to
contemporary business as it is to war. Today many leading American business
schools use the text as required reading for aspiring managers, and even Oliver Stone's award-
win ning film Wall Street cites THE ART OF WAR as a guide to those who
strive for success.
Now acclaimed novelist James Clavell, for whom Sun Tzu's writing has been an inspiration, gives
us a newly edited ART OF WAR. Author of the best-selling Asian saga
consisting of Shogun, Tai-Pan, King Rat, Noble House, and Whirlwind, Clavell first heard about
Sun Tzu in Hong Kong in 1977, and since then THE ART OF WAR has
been his constant companion—he refers to it frequently in Noble House. He has taken a 1910
translation of the book and clarified it for the contemporary reader.
This new edition of THE ART OF WAR is an extraordinary book made even more relevant by an
extraordinary editor.
Jim Collier
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> For sale by auction ending at:
> 8/21/99 17:52:10 pDT
> To bid go to:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=147071749
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> Art of War
> By Sun Tzu
> Edited and with Forward by James Clavell
>
> Soft Cover, Delta Press, 82 pages.
> Used, some writing (ink) inside front cover.
>
> If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. Ifyou
> know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also
> suffer a defeat. If you know neither ihe enemy nor yourself you will succumb in every battle....
I will trade for a third-read and two-thirds scanned (since
this afternoon) copy of the _1999 Pushcart Awards_, which have gone
a might downhill since Vol. I, twenty-two volumes ago, and never
were as good as the annual O'Henry anthology. By sheer good luck
the second short story I read was the best of the lot. It was "The
First Annual Performance Art Festival at the Slaughter Rock
Battlefield". (Guy who's trying to use a shoestring NEA grant to break
into showbiz at a culture fair in upstate NY learns at an inopportune
time he's in the wrong place at the wrong time.) After a large cup of
coffee at Diedrich's in Laguna Beach, I realized I had wasted $15. I
shall leave it on a table there next time I'm home.
I've browsed _The Art of War_. But then come to think of it, I already
read _Secrets of Attila the Hun_ by Somebody, PhD, and since I was once
married to Attila's oldest daughter and daily manage a disparate a
group of "highly-motivated individuals" -- there's a pretty
euphemism! -- what could I possibly learn?
Turn off all the lights upstairs when you leave, and please remember to
feed the cats and empty their litter box every three days and
check off the sheet on the back of the side door to the garage when
you do.
JC