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<b>Discover the True Meaning of Victory</b><br> <i>The Art of War</i> is one of the most widely read classics of history--and one of the most practical works of philosophy ever written. Now, for the first time, this "landmark edition" presents the unparalleled 1910 translation by British sinologist Lionel Giles (1875-1958) along with Giles' equally potent 1905 translation of the <i>Tao Te Ching,</i> the work upon which The Art of War stands, for a complete and transformative experience of martial wisdom.<br> <br> PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz introduces and annotates this volume, highlighting the complementary insights of <i>The Art of War</i> and the <i>Tao Te Ching.</i> Mitch's footnotes clarify the meaning and context of <i>The Art of War,</i> as his introduction--a compelling study in itself--explores the relevance, history, and authorship of these ageless classics. This volume also features an integrated index of <i>The Art of War</i> and the <i>Tao Te Ching,</i> helping the reader locate commonalities between them.<br> <br> "My hope is that your reading <i>The Art of War</i> alongside Giles' translation of the <i>Tao Te Ching,</i>" Mitch writes in the introduction, "will provide you--at times joltingly--with a powerful new estimate and measure of personal behavior...<i>The Art of War</i> is a book of ethical power--not force, which dies with its user, but power which is generative and renewable."<br> <br> <b>"To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting."--Sun Tzu, <i>The Art of War</i></b>