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Roots of Strategy: The 5 Greatest Military Classics of All Time (Roots of Strategy)
from Stackpole Books

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Aspiring leaders of all professions should read this; strategic leaders MUST read it
  Absolutely delightful! One of the greatest joys is inclusion of "Reveries" by Marshall Maurice de Saxe with his comments on commissariat, clothing, training, and organization of armies - for his period revolutionary, and, as principles, relevant even today. Vegetius will be, for many, a discovery, and the Instruction for His Generals by Frederick the Great will also be a novelty for many American readers.
  One of the tragic misconceptions of military strategy classics is the fact that they are viewed as... more info

• Good collection
  A very helpful collection of military philosophies. Sun Tzu, Vegetius, De Saxe, Frederick, and Napolean. A brief biography of each author is also provided with some background on their works. A must have for the military thinker. The translations of De Saxe and Sun Tzu alone are worth the price.

• Interesting Book for Strategists and Moms - a review of "Roots of Strategy"
  I am quite enjoying this book and thought I'd give a little bit more information on it so that you can decide whether to fork over your hard earned cash. This book is part of a series and Volume One contains treatises by the following authors:
  Sun Tzu
  Vegetius
  De Saxe
  Frederick
  Napoleon
  Besides the treatises themselves there is an "Editors Foreword" which gives a brief two-page history of how these works fit historically into the literature of warfare.
  There is also a... more info

• The clearest translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War.
  Firstly, I've read many versions of The Art of War by Sun Tzu and they all seemed to be translated by someone with Chinese as their native language, rather than English. This translation is as clear as they get. Napoleon's maxims are short and sweet. The other works contained herein are also easy to read and are packed with simple, eternal principles of warfare.

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