The Art of War: edited, translated & with an introduction by John Minford (Penguin Pocket Hardbacks) by Sun Tzu

For more than 2,000 years, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception.

An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success, whether in battle, in business or in relationships. Now, in this crisp, accessible new translation, John Minford brings this seminal work to life for today's readers. A lively, learned introduction, chronologies and suggested further reading are among the valuable apparatus included in this authoritative volume. Even those readers familiar with The Art of War will experience it anew, finding it more fascinating - and more chilling - than ever.

Little is known about Sun Tzu (544-496 B.C.) and his life during the Warring States period after the decline of the Zhou dysnasty, but his classic, The Art of War, has been one of the central works of Chinese literature for 2500 years.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics

Publication date ‏ : ‎ 6 Nov. 2014

Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 544 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0141395842

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 9780141395845

Item weight ‏ : ‎ 447 g

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 11 x 3.3 x 17.3 cm