By Dr R Sudarshan
Written some 2,500 years ago by Sun Tzu, 'The Art of War' is perhaps the most influential book on war strategies in the world. No book on peace has ever sold anywhere close to a fraction of the numbers this book has sold. And that tells us on our face whether we are a peace loving race or a war mongering species.
A simple and direct articulation is at the heart of this book. It has nuggets like, "Warfares are based on deception", "strike the weak and not the strong", "don't oppose someone standing on a higher ground", "employ a spy from among the enemy camp".
This immensely popular book is a mirror to the self contradicting human mind and is a manual on how immorality too is a timeless value to our existence.
One must read this once in life.
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