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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.
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Sun Tzǔ said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.
It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.
The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations, when seeking to determine the conditions obtaining in the field.169
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