The Next Chapter Is Taking Everything at Once

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In the early chapters, i know is intentionally sort of broadtod try to sheep it like, broadley applicable. There's a nod toward diplomacy in the i'm playing sid myers civilization way, yesor or the game diplomacy. Planning an attack is the next chapter. Winning a hundred victories is worse than winning one decisive one. A always try to subdue your enemy by attacking their strategies and alliances before you attack with your troopsyes.

We learn the art of military strategy, deception, and fire from Michael Nylan's 2020 translation of this classic text. We start by going in-depth on the contemporary political references in Nylan's Introduction to this edition, and then we go blow-by-blow and nugget-by-inspirational-nugget through Master Sun's timeless wisdom.

Here's translator Michael Nylan writing about the book for LitHub: "The Art of War is Actually a Manual on How to Avoid It."

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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