Brilliant distillations of the strategies of war-and the subtle social game of everyday life-by
the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature Robert Greene's
groundbreaking guides The 48 Laws of Power The Art of Seduction and Mastery espouse
profound timeless lessons from the events of history to help readers vanquish an enemy
ensnare an unsuspecting victim or become the greatest in your field. In The 33 Strategies of
War Greene has crafted an important addition to this ruthless and unique series. Spanning
world civilizations synthesizing dozens of political philosophical and religious texts and
thousands of years of violent conflict The 33 Strategies of War is the I-Ching of conflict
the contemporary companion to Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Abundantly illustrated with examples
from history including the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher
Shaka the Zulu to Lord Nelson Hannibal to Ulysses S. Grant as well as movie moguls Samurai
swordsmen and diplomats each of the thirty-three chapters outlines a strategy that will help
you win life's wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative
and negotiate from a position of strength or the defensive strategies designed to help you
respond to dangerous situations and avoid unwinnable wars. The great warriors of battlefields
and drawing rooms alike demonstrate prudence agility balance and calm and a keen
understanding that the rational resourceful and intuitive always defeat the panicked the
uncreative and the stupid. An indispensable book The 33 Strategies of War provides all the
psychological ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper
hand.
