Publisher's Synopsis
Are you seeking answers to following questions and many more questions like these? If yes, it is time to turn to The Art of War by Sun Tzu for the answers.
- Why the art of war is of vital importance to the State?
- In war what should be the great objective?
- On whom depends, whether a nation shall be in peace or in peril?
- What is supreme excellence in the art of war?
- Who provides the opportunity of defeating the enemy?
- When to use defensive and offensive tactics?
- When does a victorious strategist seek battle?
- What is the principle for control of large force and a few men?
- Which methods to use for joining battle and for securing victory?
- What are the two methods of attack in battle?
- How can you be sure of succeeding in your attack?
- How can you ensure the safety of your defense?
- What would happen if neither time nor place be known of the coming battle?
- In war, what to avoid and what to strike?
- What not to do when you surround a desperate foe?
- What are the besetting sins of a general, ruinous to the conduct of war?
- What does peace proposals unaccompanied by a signed covenant indicate?
- When envoys are sent with compliments in their mouths, what is it sign of?
- What will happen if soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you?
- What are the six calamities an army is exposed to, from faults for which the general is responsible?
- If fighting is sure to result in victory, then what you must do, even though the ruler forbid it?
- If fighting will not result in victory, then what you must not do, even at the ruler's bidding?
- What will happen on seizing something which your opponent holds dear?
- Why spies are most important element in war?
- Which class of spies be treated with the utmost liberty?
