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  C. Hill

  4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Not So Good Version

  Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2012

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  "The Art of War" is "the book" for both military history buffs and would be business leaders since the principles and strategies outlined by Sun Tzu are applicable on the battle field and in the meeting room. That being said, I have read other versions of this book over the years and have always found something of interest, so when my college age daughter asked me about it we picked up this one for her Kindle. I was surprised when she said it was hard to follow so downloaded it to my Kindle, and I was shocked that Thomas Cleary went way over the top with his comments and analysis, bogging down the flow and relatively easy understand original language. In fact, it is the clear and simple way Sun Tzu expressed his "rules" that has made his book so popular and relevant for the past 2000 years or so.
  
  The solution is straight forward enough since the translation is good, all of the text is there and it is easy enough to skim through Mr. Cleary's contributions.
  
  Recommended, with the above caveats.
  
  CFH

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