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Title: The Art of War
by Sunzi, Sun-Tzu, John Minford
ISBN: 0-670-03156-9
Publisher: Viking Press
Pub. Date: 07 November, 2002
Format: Hardcover
Volumes: 1
List Price(USD): $24.95
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Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

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Rating: 2
Summary: The text is OK, but not very portable...
Comment: I rated this only 2 stars due to the fine content, but difficulty reading this title on the go.

I've wanted to read this title for some time now. As a commuting businessman with a desktop, I had hoped that I'd be able to print out the title, and take it with me on my commute.

Unfortunately, you cannot print this title. The Amazon site only "suggests" that some e-Books aren't printable, but does not specifically state anything about THIS title. When you download Adobe Reader and the eBook, it is only able to be read on the computer it was downloaded on. (So you can't keep a copy at work and home, or on a desktop and laptop.)

Since I do not have a laptop, I am unable to read it during the downtime I have on my commute. Now I'll wind up needing to purchase a "hard-copy" book to read during the commute as well.

Steer clear of this unless you want to read 170+ pages at your PC!

Rating: 5
Summary: Accurate translation and extensive commentary
Comment: Retired Professor John Minford is only a handful of people who truly understand the essence of the Art of War: "It is beautiful and chilling." He has been a translator and teacher of the Chinese language since 1977, and had chaired the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the Department of Asian Languages at the University of Auckland.

Dr. Minford's translation is extremely concise yet complete -- much to our pleasant surprise -- and is truer to the original Chinese format than all previously published Sun Tzu versions. Our analysis shows great care was given to rendering each and every word. Incorporating the conventionally accepted text, Shiyijia zhu Sunzi, along with commentary from various ancient and modern sources, his book is perfect for someone who wants both an accurate translation and an extensive explanation of its many concepts and principles. The book is broken out into two major parts: the first part presents the core text unadorned, and the second part has the same text with well-selected commentary.

Just when we thought a new Sun Tzu the Art of War translation is not needed, John Minford's masterful work proved us wrong. Indeed, we are certain the value of his Art of War will only increase over time. Sonshi.com.

Rating: 5
Summary: The Art of War is the Art of Life
Comment: This slim volume contains so much wisdom on so many levels! Just buy it. Books like Von Clausewitz, or Machievelli's The Prince also treat of the same subject. The Bible, of course, is the best of all. Sun Tzu's succinct observations will help the reader see things he missed in Bible study; will help obviate the la-la thinking we in the West have come to embrace as a result of preferring Rousseau's and Thomas More's fantasies, rather than Hobbes.

I can't praise Art of War enough. If you want to understand politics, propaganda, interpersonal relationships, get this book.

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