Reddit reviews The Art of War
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Reddit reviews The Art of WarWe found 5 Reddit comments about The Art of War. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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I am not sure about any Canadian Forces specific books. But some standard military officer books that in my mind are good to read about leadership and wisdom would be:
(http://www.amazon.com/Tipping-Point-Little-Things-Difference/dp/0316346624/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1342986110&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Tipping+Point+by+Malcolm+Gladwell)
The Man who Mistook his Wife for a Hat By Oliver Sacks is an amazing book about odd neurological disorders and what they do to people. It is a fascinating, well-written book that was very easy to read.
Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain By Oliver Sacks is another very interesting book about how music affects the brain.
The Definitive Book of Body Language is another good book that'll make you a bit more observant of people.
The Art of War is always a classic, good, and informative read.
Those have been my favorite. I have a friend who suggest The Tipping Point is a really good book, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
Hope that helped.
Edit: Me grammar wrongs
Get the Sam B. Griffith translation.
A.) His footnotes are well worth it. He studied Chinese and gives alternate translations for many words.
B.) He's a military man translating a military text. You will find zero airy-fairy new age bullshit.
C.) Griffith's is a translation from the Chinese as opposed to the French (Giles 1911). This YouTube upload is based on the Giles translation. Giles translated the book from Chinese to French back in 1911. And then a lot of other people translated the French into English. And now we have the twice removed Giles translation. To say that the Giles is ridiculous and outdated is redundant.
D.) Griffith's is the best translation I've read yet.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Sun-Tzu/dp/0195014766
http://www.stanford.edu/class/polisci211z/1.1/Sun%20Tzu.pdf
The PDF does not have the introduction and associated pages. Those are worth a read.
Buy the book.
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Also pick up a copy of Robert Greene's "48 Laws of Power."
That book should be required reading.
archonemis: ^^original ^^reddit ^^link
What you're dealing with:
>Without Conscience - Dr. Hare
>On Bullshit - H. Frankfurt
Their methods:
>48 Laws of Power - R. Greene
>The Art of War - the Sam B. Griffin translation is the best