Hello all,

The way I see it the majority of you in these forums have forgotten more about military strategies/history/tactics than I have ever learned. So I was wondering what some of your opinions on Sun Tzu as a person are, and also what you think of his book/manual "The Art of War". Do you belive that he was underrated, overrated, ect., and how valuable do you belive his theories to be in reference to Military strategy?

I apologize to the mods if this topic should have been placed elsewhere. I also apologize if any of these questions are to vague, or just stupid. I know enough to know that I don't know much .

lol, yeah yeah...

Anyways, sun tzu eh? well i got the book and i must say that its quite interesting and tru too.. but maybe he was quite overated..exagirated u know...but he is really an intriguing fella

I personally believe that he was a genius,well not really a genius,but a brilliant man.He managed to attain his knowledge from his family the Sun which was a clan famous for it's expertise in war.

The book the Art of War was created out of Sun Tzu's own knowledge and the knowledge of his own peers and fellow strategists.

There are people who would criticize this work of art,mostly people who haven't read it or simply make assumptions on the title.

For example:

http://worldnetdaily.com/news/articl...TICLE_ID=44877

The pitiful half-wit of an author Vox Day,just by reading the few tiny facts of information that he has in this article,will show you that he has never read the Art of War and he has made extremely weak arguments proving it.

i've never read it, been meanin to for quite a while now lol, but supposedly some of the parts in it were used by the japanese ninjas. SO it must have been very good to have been used by an enemy, a bit of espionage wasnt uncommon, but to copy pretty much a whole book> fweesh!

Japanese ninjas?? but ninjas aint armies mate.. But one thing for sure, it was used by Napoleon..

Well actually Sun Tzu encouraged the use of spys because he wasn't in favor of engagements with enemy armies because there were great consequences for the victor and the loser.

Sun Tzu states that the highest excellence is to defeat an army without fighting and bloodshed.He even goes to state ingeniously that the greatest crime against humanity is the disuse of spys,because the effort of a single spy could save hundreds or thousands of lives depending on the situation.

whats that book about?

I saw it is full of poems. Right?

Could any one tell me more about it? Is it a recommended book to read?

Read it and comprehend, you will go far grasshopper.

I have run the businesses I owned according to the underlying principles of the book with great success in each venture.

The Art of War, is a masterpiece written by a genius, not only of his time. It provides the cornerstone for the strategies of many of the greatest commanders in history. The greatest military mind of our generation Lt.Col John Boyd used the Art of War, as his primary source when writing his briefings on warfare. People who say that it’s overrated are usually not well enough versed on the subject to make an informed decision.

I've just recently started studying the book and I think he was one of the most forward thinkers of his time. From what I can tell so far, it should be required reading (with quizzes) in every US Military College.