The Art of War

Rating:
Summary: The best version of this classic available
Review: Most of the time, it's best not to spend too much time actually reviewing classics. As a reviewer, there is not much more to add than to say that this book is a classic, and that history deems it so, and you should read it. I guess I should try to do better than that...read this book...or else risk being called a loser...okay, that failed.

The Art of War is important for anybody, after having read this book, I found numerous tidbits of advice and ways of thinking that I could use towards my hum drum college life. This edition also gives the reader historical information that is invaluable to those who like history. Translation notes are along with the text, and even some old never before published tomb texts are in this translation. This is a complete volume for the home library, and at the very least I can say you need to read this book.

Rating:
Summary: The best version of this classic available
Review: Most of the time, it's best not to spend too much time actually reviewing classics. As a reviewer, there is not much more to add than to say that this book is a classic, and that history deems it so, and you should read it. I guess I should try to do better than that...read this book...or else risk being called a loser...okay, that failed.

The Art of War is important for anybody, after having read this book, I found numerous tidbits of advice and ways of thinking that I could use towards my hum drum college life. This edition also gives the reader historical information that is invaluable to those who like history. Translation notes are along with the text, and even some old never before published tomb texts are in this translation. This is a complete volume for the home library, and at the very least I can say you need to read this book.

Rating:
Summary: Very Nice Sarter Edition
Review: This translation is a very nice one. The translation errs on more words rather than more and the added verbiage makes it easier to understand, especially for people, like myself, who might be new. The actual translation is found towards the end of the volume and comes with many notes, some for the newbie and some for the scholar. The beginning of the book has a very lengthy explanation of war and the times when this text was written to help the reader understand the text in context. I haven't ofund that to be as interesting but the price is nice and the translation is well done and easy to understand and get meaning from. I would recommend this to nayone wanting to get into this volume. The only thing I would have preferred would be to get the text and notes without the lengthy historical background in a smaller paperback version.