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The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Approximately 2,500 years old and still required reading in military academies, business schools, and sports organisations worldwide.

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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

Sun Tzu

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Approximately 2,500 years old and still required reading in military academies, business schools, and sports organisations worldwide. The ultimate Lindy text on competition.

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The ancient Chinese military treatise on strategy, tactics, and leadership. The most influential work on strategy in the Asian military tradition.

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The ancient Chinese military treatise on strategy, tactics, and leadership. The most influential work on strategy in the Asian military tradition.

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