Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World

Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9780393082029
ISBN-13 : 0393082024
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World by : Bevin Alexander

Download or read book Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World written by Bevin Alexander and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The world’s most fascinating battles and how they were won or lost, according to the Chinese sage.”—Kirkus Reviews Imagine if Robert E. Lee had withdrawn to higher ground at Gettysburg instead of sending Pickett uphill against the entrenched Union line. Or if Napoléon, at Waterloo, had avoided mistakes he’d never made before. The advice that would have changed these crucial battles was written down centuries before Christ was born—but unfortunately for Lee, Napoléon, and Hitler, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War only became widely available in the West in the mid-twentieth century. As Bevin Alexander shows, Sun Tzu’s maxims often boil down to common sense, in a particularly pure and clear form. When Alexander frames these modern battles against 2,400-year-old precepts, the degree of overlap is stunning.


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