**Brilliant distillations of the strategies of war--and the subtle
social game of everyday life--by the bestselling author of The 48 Laws
of Power and *The Laws of Human Nature
Robert Greene's groundbreaking guides, The 48 Laws of Power, The Art
of Seduction, and Mastery, espouse profound, timeless lessons from
the events of history to help readers vanquish an enemy, ensnare an
unsuspecting victim, or become the greatest in your field. In The 33
Strategies of War, Greene has crafted an important addition to this
ruthless and unique series.
Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political,
philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent
conflict, The 33 Strategies of War is the I-Ching of conflict, the
contemporary companion to Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
Abundantly illustrated with examples from history, including the folly
and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the
Zulu to Lord Nelson, Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as movie
moguls, Samurai swordsmen, and diplomats, each of the thirty-three
chapters outlines a strategy that will help you win life's wars. Learn
the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and
negotiate from a position of strength, or the defensive strategies
designed to help you respond to dangerous situations and avoid
unwinnable wars. The great warriors of battlefields and drawing rooms
alike demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm, and a keen
understanding that the rational, resourceful, and intuitive always
defeat the panicked, the uncreative, and the stupid. An indispensable
book, The 33 Strategies of War provides all the psychological
ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the
upper hand.
