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THE ART OF WAR

BY SUN TZU

ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT TREATISES ON WAR AND PEACE EVER WRITTEN.

In the fifth century BC, Sun Tzu wrote :

'In peace prepare for war, in war prepare for peace. The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death. A road either to safety or ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected ...'

In the twentieth century

'I truly believe that if our military and political leaders in recent times had studied this work of genius, Vietnam could not have happened as it happened; we would not have lost the war in Korea (we lost because we did not achieve victory); the Bay of Pigs could not have occurred; the hostage fiasco in Iran would not have come to pass; the British Empire would not have been dismembered; and, in all probability, World Wars I and II would have been avoided ...' - James Clavell 1981

FOREWORD

Sun Tzu wrote this extraordinary book in China two and a half thousand years ago. It begins:

"The art of war is of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death. A road to either safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of enquiry which can on no account be neglected." It ends: "Hence it is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results. Spies are a most important element in war because upon them depends an army's ability to move."

I truly believe that if our military and political leaders in recent times had studied this work of genius, Vietnam could not have happened as it happened; we would not have lost the war in Korea (we lost because we did not achieve victory); the Bay of Pigs could not have occurred;

the hostage fiasco in Iran would not have come to pass; the British Empire would not have been dismembered; and, in all probability, World Wars I and II would have been avoided-certainly they would not have been waged as they were waged, and the millions of youths obliterated unnecessarily and stupidly by monsters calling themselves generals would have lived out their lives according to their own Karma.

"The supreme act of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting..:

I find it astounding that Sun Tzu wrote so many truths twenty-five centuries ago that are so applicable today.

94 pages