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Aside: Clausewitz's "On War" was mostly a collection of notes posthumously published, not by any means a finished product. [1] For such, stick to Sun Tzu. [1
by smitty1e 4y ago
Aside: Clausewitz's "On War" was mostly a collection of notes posthumously published, not by any means a finished product. [1]
For such, stick to Sun Tzu.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_War https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_War
- dredmorbius 4y agoThe Art of War is also an assemblage, much either gathered by or ascribed to Sun Tzu, and comprising in large part of commentaries on the ground text. If Art of War has coherence, it's likely much comes in the transmission and transformation, both prior to and following Sun Tzu. The inconvenience of both writing and reproduction also necessitates brevity, though that need not imply clarity. I'm not sure the distinction made here is a particularly meaningful one.
- smitty1e 4y agoThat's a fair criticism.
- dredmorbius 4y agoThanks. They're both hugely influential books. AoW is much shorter ;-)