Art of War—Spirituality for Conflict

Thomas Huynh is founder of www.sonshi.com, the Web's leading and most respected resource on Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. He co-translated The Art of War with the editors at Sonshi.com. He holds an MBA from Vanderbilt University. Marc Benioff is chairman and CEO of Salesforce.com, the worldwide leader in on-demand business services. He has been a practitioner of Sun Tzu's principles for over a decade and is the coauthor of The Business of Changing the World and Compassionate Capitalism. Thomas Cleary holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the translator of over seventy-five volumes of classical works from seven languages.

• Foreword by Marc Benioff ixPreface by Thomas Cleary xvIntroduction xxiiiA Note on the Translation xxxvii1. Calculations 32. Doing Battle 173. Planning Attacks 294. Formation 475. Force 576. Weakness and Strength 677. Armed Struggle 838. Nine Changes 999. Army Maneuvers 11110. Ground Formation 13111. Nine Grounds 14912. Fire Attacks 17913. Using Spies 189Acknowledgments 201Notes 205Suggestions for Further Reading 209

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