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nerdbook's review against another edition
3.0
È una lettura che può avere senso se si sta cercando di raggiungere un obiettivo ben preciso che sia lavorativo o relazionale. Affrontarla come lettura tanto per immagazzinare informazioni (come avevo pensato di fare io) secondo me è poco produttivo perché il libro, soprattutto nella seconda parte elenca delle tipologie di comportamenti e terreni da guerra. Se non si ha un obiettivo ben preciso e un ambiente su applicare consigli tipo "se tizio beve allora è stanco" o "Se prima beve chi porta l'acqua significa che sta finendo" o ancora"Se vi incontrate nel tuo territorio sei in vantaggio ma stai attento" si corre semplicemente il rischio di concludere la lettura e dire "Ok, ho tante informazioni ma al momento non mi sono utili".
È sicuramente un libro da leggere una o più volte nella vita, ma va letto al momento giusto quando si sta cercando ispirazione per raggiungere i propri obiettivi e vincere una "guerra" con sé stessi e con le persone che ci circondano.
Lo rileggerò a tempo debito e sicuramente aggiornerò la valutazione. Le tre stelline non sono per il libro in sé, ma per la mia personale esperienza che non ha reso questa lettura funzionale al 100%.
È sicuramente un libro da leggere una o più volte nella vita, ma va letto al momento giusto quando si sta cercando ispirazione per raggiungere i propri obiettivi e vincere una "guerra" con sé stessi e con le persone che ci circondano.
Lo rileggerò a tempo debito e sicuramente aggiornerò la valutazione. Le tre stelline non sono per il libro in sé, ma per la mia personale esperienza che non ha reso questa lettura funzionale al 100%.
the_sleepy_nightowl's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
A beautiful edition of “Art of War” that includes an extended introduction where part of its history, its creation, preservation and translation are explained. The main part of the book contains the treaty by Sunzi and the commented treaty. In the introduction, the commentators are briefly introduced. Most of them are the traditional Chinese commentators, but we also have one Western commentator and the translator. The comments themselves are neither exhaustive nor extensive. Instead of being treated to the full available comments, we have a selection of abridged comments. That makes this commented edition a great introduction into “Art of War” but neither a great study nor a comprehensive lecture. Still loved this introduction and can recommend for anyone who wants to get familiar with the classic.
kcrawfish's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. A very interesting book. You can definitely apply war tactics to your life in surprising ways. The format threw me a bit and it could have been better organized (just to suit my tastes, I’m sure it reads normally for literature in its own era)
Overall I enjoyed it!
Overall I enjoyed it!
knod78's review against another edition
4.0
Not sure I ever thought I would read The Art of War, but it's 2020 and here we are on the eve before America's big election and possible impending apocalypse, mini civil war, TP shortage, different strands of murder hornets, whatever.
I first heard about this book a couple of years ago by a boss boss boss who quoted this in our big introduction meeting to the new big guy. Yes, this could be considered strange, but I was intrigued. I put it on my list and then finally read it for free on Amazon. I'm not sure I got the same one as the picture shows. Mine was less than 100 pages with a numbered outline of war strategies. I still think I got the gist of this book.
I do like that Sun Tzu doesn't promote actually battling. In fact, he quotes that we should not try to battle, but here are the ways to win and win successfully if you can't diffuse the situation. Some of it was hard to follow. You would have one way and then don't do that and basically it's a timing issue to get things just right. But if you are power hungry or vain or just flat out stupid, you will lose and lose your men badly. I liked that some key terms in life we use based on this whether you knew that or not, like covering serious ground. My favorite chapter was about the different types of terrains/grounds terms he uses. And I didn't think I would hear an ancient Chinese general use the words willy-nilly, but again, here we are. Thus the skillful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
It's good to read and short. If you find yourself in the throws of an apocalypse, it might be a good idea to raid a library for this book to help with battle strategy if you are not familiar with the ways.
I first heard about this book a couple of years ago by a boss boss boss who quoted this in our big introduction meeting to the new big guy. Yes, this could be considered strange, but I was intrigued. I put it on my list and then finally read it for free on Amazon. I'm not sure I got the same one as the picture shows. Mine was less than 100 pages with a numbered outline of war strategies. I still think I got the gist of this book.
I do like that Sun Tzu doesn't promote actually battling. In fact, he quotes that we should not try to battle, but here are the ways to win and win successfully if you can't diffuse the situation. Some of it was hard to follow. You would have one way and then don't do that and basically it's a timing issue to get things just right. But if you are power hungry or vain or just flat out stupid, you will lose and lose your men badly. I liked that some key terms in life we use based on this whether you knew that or not, like covering serious ground. My favorite chapter was about the different types of terrains/grounds terms he uses. And I didn't think I would hear an ancient Chinese general use the words willy-nilly, but again, here we are. Thus the skillful general conducts his army just as though he were leading a single man, willy-nilly, by the hand.
It's good to read and short. If you find yourself in the throws of an apocalypse, it might be a good idea to raid a library for this book to help with battle strategy if you are not familiar with the ways.
edriessen's review against another edition
4.0
A great book of ancient wisdom. Requires flexibility of the reader's mind to apply to modern business and leadership. I loved doing just that.
littleislaygirl's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
lilitherary's review against another edition
don’t really care about the book, tf2 soldier quoting sun tzu was my sole reason for reading it