Sun Tzu's The Art of War and the Ancient Chinese Revealed: More Complete and More Accurate

The definitive version of The Art of War for those English speakers who truly want to understand it...

Wisconsin Bookwatch\nThe Best...internally consistent between the translated concepts and so shows a level of knowledge and detail that is not present in some other translations.

As a translator, the author obviously sees the big picture...Gary Gagliardi is considered by many to be a leading expert in understanding and using the competitive methods embodied in Sun Tzu\'s treatise on the art of war.\Midwest Book ReviewThe only translation that shows the original Chinese with a transliteration of each character side-by-side with the English sentence translation.

Includes a glossary explaining Sun Tzu\'s definitions of the key Chinese concepts.

There are many translations of The Art of War, but this is only truly accurate version written by America\'s leading expert on Sun Tzu\'s system.

Winner of the Independent Publishers Book Award for the best Multicultural Nonfiction book of the year!Seven Ways Better Than All Other Translations!More complete: Based on the complete compilation of all historical sources and academic research rather than on traditional fragmentary sources.

More accurate: Shows the original Chinese phrases (thousands of characters), individually translates each character (a transliteration), translates each phrase into an English sentence, and provides details of the key concepts that cannot be translated.

More concise: Its side-by-side format makes it impossible to add or subtract from the Chinese source or secretly add the translator\'s editorial opinions.

All commentaries are clearly separated from the translation and text.

More authoritative: Translated by America\'s leading expert on Sun Tzu, who has written extensively on this subject.