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This is Volume Nine (32 articles) of Sun Tzu's Art of War Playbook explaining the principles of Sun Tzu's strategy. This volume explains the vulnerabilities created by an external crisis and how to defend against them. The Playbook itself is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking down Sun Tzu's principles into a series of step-by-step practical articles by the Institute's multiple award-winning author and internationally recognized Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. The work explains the concepts in the verses of Sun Tzu's classic on strategy in detail, explaining the situations to which they apply the steps in Sun Tzu's system for using them with examples from modern competition. While the original Art of War was originally written for military generals who understood the philosophical concepts of ancient China, our Art of War Playbook is written for today's readers and provide enough descriptive material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can actually be used in everyday life. The Art of War Playbook puts Sun Tzu's ideas into everyday, practical language as a book of instruction. Because of its size and detail, the Playbook is published in nine volumes. The concepts covered in this volume are listed below: Playbook Overview Volume One Review: Comparing Positions Volume Two Review: Developing Perspective Volume Three Review: Identifying Opportunities Volume Four Review: Leveraging Probability Volume Five Review: Minimizing Mistakes Volume Six Review: Responding To Situations Volume Seven Review: Creating Momentum Volume Eight Review: Winning Rewards Volume Nine Overview: Defending Vulnerabilities 9.0.0 Understanding Vulnerability 9.1.0 Fire Storm Vulnerability 9.1.1 Climate Rivals 9.1.2 Threat Development 9.2.0 Points of Vulnerability 9.2.1 Personnel Risk 9.2.2 Immediate Resource Risk 9.2.3 Logistics Risk 9.2.4 Asset Risk 9.2.5 Organizational Risk 9.3.0 Crisis Leadership 9.3.1 Mutual Danger 9.3.2 Message Control 9.4.0 Crisis Defense 9.4.1 Division Defense 9.4.2 Pan