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The 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene

Description: ISBN 1861979789 / Author: Robert Greene / Genre: Finance / Business / Career / From bestselling author Robert Greene comes a brilliant ... more

The 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene ... distillation of the strategies of war that can help us gain mastery in the modern world. Spanning world civilisations, and synthesising dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts, The 33 Strategies of War is a comprehensive guide to the subtle social game of everyday life. Based on profound, timeless lessons, it is abundantly illustrated with examples of the genius and folly of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher and Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant, as well as diplomats, captains of industry and Samurai swordsmen.

Newest Review: ... of his readers would apply his advice to business environment, he leaves them to work things out, which might provoke them ... more

... into thinking for themselves. In reality, 'The 33 Strategies of War' is as much a pep talk selling particular philosophy as a book offering concrete advice, and the main points of the philosophy are drummed into the reader at every opportunity. As a book to read rather than use, 'The 33 Strategies of War' impresses with its research, though Greene's somehow heavy pen doesn't make for a particularly exhilarating read. The additional material quoted directly from source suffers from the problem of being printed in red,...more

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The 33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene: Machiavelli for Office Warriors (1134 words)
by - written on 26/07/07 (Very useful, 382 readings)
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If there is an intellectual godfather to 'The 33 Strategies of War', it's certainly, and by the author's own - if implicit - admittance, Machiavelli and his famous works on the mechanics of gaining and maintaining power. As Machiavelli extended the amoral approach concentrating on efficiency and self-interest benefiting results from the realm of war to the area of politics, so a few hundred years later Robert Greene proposes an extension from military and political conflict to any conflict that one might encounter in life. Claiming that self interest is the paramount (in fact, it seems, the only) human motivation, that we live in a fiercely competitive times ... Read the complete review