Sun Tzu The Art of War
This is the book that everyone talks about, but that very few actually read. I was very impressed with it. So impressed that I read it twice (different translations). And this is how I know that no one reads it. Because it is a deeply misunderstood book. It is all about 'how not to go to war'. It provides multiple arguments for not going to war....'only doing so when it is completely unavoidable, and only when victory is a foregone conclusion'. It further advocates, that when war is necessary, that injury to the civil population and infrastructure should be specifically avoided. Despite it's namesake, this book provides a ruthless but deeply humane philosophy on war. To tell the truth, this is the book that should be named The Art of Peace
Posted by paul at September 6, 2007 08:15 PM