El arte de la guerra
Written by Sun Tzu
Narrated by José Carlos Domínguez
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Sun Tzu
Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu or Sunzi, was an ancient Chinese military strategist believed to be the author of the acclaimed military text, The Art of War. Details about Sun Tzu’s background and life are uncertain, although he is believed to have lived c. 544-496 BCE. Through The Art of War, Sun Tzu’s theories and strategies have influenced military leaders and campaigns throughout time, including the samurai of ancient and early-modern Japan, and more recently Ho Chi Minh of the Viet Cong and American generals Norman Swarzkopf, Jr. and Colin Powell during the Persian Gulf War in the 1990s.
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Reviews for El arte de la guerra
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5you kind of have to read this, yah. so privately canonized.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I'm so glad I finally read this historic book. I found it very interesting and understand why it has been adapted to suit other fields -- notably management. And the version of the book I bought is beautiful in itself. Bound in traditional Chinese style, with each page folded in half and only printed on the outside. Hard to rate -- it is what it is as they say -- but I'm rating it highly because it has stood the test of time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An enduring classic, an absolute must-read for every business person and military mind the world over.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very quick read of a classic. I had always been meaning to get around to this book, and I did not realize how short it was. The version I have contains more commentary than the actual writing, and I did not bother with the commentary.
The book is basically a series of maxims that describe how to lead as a general at war. I think its appeal is universal, and many of the ideas can be applied as strategic thinking in other aspects of life. I don't think it was all that profound, but then again, its ideas have been used for centuries. It was nice to be able to read where a lot of them came from. - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Pretty dull going, even by audiobook. The narrators were great, though, and there were times that the footnotes saved me.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I have read this several times in a variety of translations. This version is formatted like a poem and is a quick read. Interesting that Sun Tzu echoes many of the issues raised by Thucydides. I remember an Instructor Gunnery during my Regimental Officers Basic Course from the United States artillery beginning every lesson with: "Sun Tzu says...". And, "If a 155 round lands on a tank, the tank is toast". So much in such a short book and it was quite possibly written before Thucydides was born.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Indeholder "Making of Plans", "Waging of War", "Strategic Offensive", "Forms and Dispositions", "Potential Energy", "Empty and Full", "The Fray", "The Nine Changes", "On the March", "Forms of Terrain", "The Nine Kinds of Ground", "Attack by Fire", "Espionage"."Making of Plans" handler om ???"Waging of War" handler om ???"Strategic Offensive" handler om ???"Forms and Dispositions" handler om ???"Potential Energy" handler om ???"Empty and Full" handler om ???"The Fray" handler om ???"The Nine Changes" handler om ???"On the March" handler om ???"Forms of Terrain" handler om ???"The Nine Kinds of Ground" handler om ???"Attack by Fire" handler om ???"Espionage" handler om ???En glimrende klassiker om krig. Sun-tzu ved hvor ødelæggende krig er, så han foretrækker at undgå den.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this book, to be honest. I just made a promise to myself I would read more classics and this was a short one to get in so I can reach my reading goal. However, I ended up really, really enjoying it. I'm not a soldier by any stretch of the imagination, but there is good, solid advice in this book that is still relevant thousands of years after it was written. It's worth a read for sure, and it's so short you can get through it quickly. I would recommend it. 5 out of 5 stars.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I read this and let my mind wander a little, but not too much. Invariably whatever I think about mixes with the words, and elegant, clear observations come out. It's like guided meditation.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5During a sermon, the rabbi talked about this book and said that it was really a philosophy on how to live life. When I started reading it, I saw that it really is a book on how to wage war. Definitely not what I expected and definitely not a book I would ever want to read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Sun Tzu's "The Art of War" is a great book.This ancient classic was written over 2,500 years ago by the legendary Chinese general Sun Tzu, being aa timeless masterpiece of interaction of power and politics this book teaches many good lessons to anyone who will ever have to command a group of people, in the workplace, in school, or on the battlefield.The Art of War is an ageless book that teaches human nature and how to deal with difficult situations in life and business.The lessons learned in this book can be allied to relationship, friendship, career and make you a more complete person in general. I I recommend this book to be read by all those who wants to succeed in anything they do, It is not just about lessons in war but can be used and applied for everyday life."The Art of War" is a must read.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great translation. That was meant to be funny since I don't read Chinese and can't possibly really know how good his translation is. However, this is a great book and belongs right next to your other war strategy greats.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excelente Libro debe ser uno de los principales en la lista de practicas de análisis y estrategia que aplica a todo en la vida.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Interesante. Nunca lo había leído, pero siempre me llamo la atención. Es cierto que si bien habla de la guerra, tiene otras aplicaciones. Hay conceptos que son un poco de sentido común, pero verlos complicados igualmente tiene otro valor.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excelente obra de enseñanza para la vida. Lo recomiendo totalmente.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Me gustó mucho libro porque trata practicas militares,enseña estrategias de ataque y defensa.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Muy buen audiolibro e interesante su contenido, en mi ver sería que la mejor guerra en la que no se libra.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5El tema de la estrategia y las consideraciones de los soldados y del contrincante.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Vapid martial homilies.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5“Move not unless you see an advantage, use not your troops unless there is something to be gained, fight not unless the position is critical.”
I read The Art of War by Sun Tzu through an app called Serial Reader, which breaks up longer books, novellas and short stories into manageable pieces that a reader can read in 12 minutes a day. I love to use Serial Reader when I’m waiting for the bus, in the line at the post office, whenever I feel like I have a few moments, but not necessarily long enough to take out a book and find my place.
I also really like Serial Reader because I tend to read things I wouldn’t otherwise read, but so far I’ve really enjoyed all the stories and novels that I’ve read.
I found The Art of War to be surprisingly readable, considering it was written around the 5th century, BCE and has been translated countless times since then. It’s much more philosophical than I had anticipated, and in a way, deeply spiritual.
Of course it’s dry. It is. It is an ancient military self-help book, none of it is relevant to me. There are lots of lists about the different kinds of ground an army might fight on, different types of weather, how to traverse it all.
And yet I found it interesting.
I appreciated that this translator (and, I suppose, author) warned against fighting at all. If you want to occupy a town, best to get the enemy to surrender to you painlessly, so that the town is in tact and nothing is destroyed. Sun Tzu really speaks to the desperation of war, how the last thing anyone wants to do in a war is fight, but if you have to fight, this is what you need to do.
I’m glad I read this text. I often found myself reading it and wondering about all the people, leaders, warriors, stay-at-home mothers who’d read it before, who were reading it with me. What did they learn from it? How did they feel reading it? Was it more relevant to their lives than it was to mine?
That, in and of itself, is a fascinating thing to think about, don’t you think? - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5This is a manual and reads like one. Better to take in very small doses, digest and discuss rather than to read continuously.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
I decided to read The Art of War because of references to it in the best/only good general marketing book I read during my commerce education: Marketing Strategy and Competitive Positioning. I was curious to see why a modern marketing handbook would have references to a classic handbook in ancient warfare, and why The Art of War is such a famous book.
I can see now why the book is famous: it is because its warfare principles are generally applicable to competitive situations - including marketing and politics (maybe office politics too?)
I expected a heavy brick of an analytic strategy book, but it is the opposite: a thin, minimalist poetry book.
It is a piece of art. The pattern of words is aesthetically pleasing and produces vivid imagery of ancient armies moving and camping in harsh terrains; yet the strange scenery and poetic style conveys core strategic principles for competition with great accuracy.
Essentially, The Art of War encourages careful consideration of the dynamics of all situational variables (listing them), and discourages impulsive and dumb warfare, which is any warfare driven by an irrational motive, or which can not be won quickly with minimal loss. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I have other versions of Sun Tzu's Art of War, and the first one I purchased in Italian was actually a new translation published by the Army publisher, as a Chinese officer part of an exchange programme saw that all the Italian versions at the time were actually... translations of translationsI have also read the Sawyer edition, among others, but I picked up this one in a library as it was the only one I saw so far that, beside the translation, included also a rewriting in ChineseInteresting series of books, as they republished classics from Chinese history following the same approach- so, I was curious to see the differences (on the English side- my abilities in Chinese will be enough to read in Chinese... in few years- in modern Chinese)
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Defiantly some good tips in here. I can see why other countries armies are so well disciplined if they still use these tactics. Some of them could also work for dealing with people as well. Some handy things in here.
It's easy to read, but he repeats things a lot, and some of the sentence are worded strangely. And then, some lines are written like poetry.
It was a something different, and I'm glad I picked it up. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Un excelente libro y la lectura le da la entonación correcta
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Excelente libro, para escucharse varias veces y no olvidar todos los detalles
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Classic, brilliant techniques put so simply. Yet, naturally, reading this as a modern day civilian, I applied it to my modern day battles such as in business, relationships, Los Angeles traffic...the typical. As a naturally paranoid person, I feel it did me more harm than good. In addition, I prefer to (perhaps ignorantly) avoid seeing things as if they are wars. Some things will never change though because I will always act shy and giggle right before I slaughter my enemy.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5There was a lot of repetition in this book, but maybe it's to enforce some of the most important things to remember when conducting a war.
I was surprised by how much from this ancient text seems applicable today. I guess that can be chalked up to the knowledge and foresight of Sun Tzu, as well as our sad inability to change our violent ways.
One particular bit of text seemed particularly relevant:
When the army engages in protracted campaigns the resources of the state will not suffice.
Good advice. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5It's amazing that this advice is still quite relevant 2500 years after the fact. Some of it, of course, isn't, but that'll happen. The historical allusions in Giles' translation/commentary are pretty useful, though occasionally it gets really deep into Chinese history and you forget who you are and what you're reading. What dynasty are we in again?
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Don't like this edition. The history is boring and confusing (chi, Ch'i, ch'i all mean different things) 1 star for the edition and history part.
The actual Art of War is good. 3 stars.