The Art of War: Sun Tzu, Barack Obama, and the Modern Moment - Softcover

Walker, Brian Browne; Tzu, Sun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982599315 ISBN 13: 9780982599310

Publisher: Brian Browne Walker Books, 2009

Synopsis

Brian Browne Walker's beloved translations of the I Ching, Tao te Ching, and Hua hu Ching are published by Harper and St. Martin's Press and translated into over a dozen languages around the world. This new rendition of "The Art of War" brings his clear voice to the world's most time-honored teachings on leadership, strategy, and conflict. The book includes a provocative and powerful commentary on Barack Obama and our time that reminds America and the world of our most pressing moral responsibilities, touches on the perils of a Sarah Palin, and looks forward with a sense of both gravity and light.

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About the Author

Brian Browne Walker has been a student of Chinese and Taoist philosophy for many years now. He has translated the "Hua Hu Ching "and the "I Ching "and has written "The Crazy Dog Guide to Lifetime Happiness "and "The Crazy Dog Guide to Happier Work. "He lives with his daughter in Boulder, Colorado.

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu or Sunzi, was an ancient Chinese military strategist believed to be the author of the acclaimed military text, The Art of War. Details about Sun Tzu s background and life are uncertain, although he is believed to have lived c. 544-496 BCE. Through The Art of War, Sun Tzu s theories and strategies have influenced military leaders and campaigns throughout time, including the samurai of ancient and early-modern Japan, and more recently Ho Chi Minh of the Viet Cong and American generals Norman Swarzkopf, Jr. and Colin Powell during the Persian Gulf War in the 1990s.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brian Browne Walker Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0982599315
• ISBN 13: 9780982599310
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 108