Category Archives: Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 04 Tactical Dispositions

Posted on August 6, 2019 by flybrand1976

Screens 190 – 217 In ‘Waging War‘ Sun Tzu told us that the point was to win, and to win quickly.  In ‘Attack by Stratagem‘ the primary point of strategy was to know your own capabilities and that of the … Continue reading →

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 03 Attack by Stratagem

Posted on August 5, 2019 by flybrand1976

Screens 148 – 191 Tzu has laid out the use of war in the first chapter, the necessity to focus on victory in the second chapter, and now lays out the fundamentals of strategy.  Strategy is framed as knowing the … Continue reading →

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 02 Waging War

Posted on August 4, 2019 by flybrand1976

This is a short chapter.  Tzu has established in the last chapter how war is to be framed, and now he discusses how war is to be waged.  The goal is not to be in the battle long – the … Continue reading →

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Sun Tzu’s The Art of War: Chapter 01 Laying Plans

Posted on August 3, 2019 by flybrand1976

This book is stylistically similar Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People – but the topics could not be more different.  Both authors provide advice – but Carnegie is persuading and cajoling, whereas Sun Tzu deals with situations when … Continue reading →

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