The Art of War. With Comments, Illustrations, and Calligraphy

This book is a famous ancient Chinese treatise dedicated to military policy. No one has yet managed to formulate the principles of conducting war as simply and aphoristically as the person known by the pseudonym Sun Tzu. His work is the foundational text of the school of military philosophy, which has had a significant influence on all military art in the East. It teaches the development of strategy, tactics, diplomacy, self-organization, the ability to concentrate on a specific task and successfully solve it, negotiate at any level, and shows how one can outsmart their opponent and bring a started endeavor to a victorious conclusion. This book has been read by Marshal Carl Gustav Mannerheim and General Axel Airo. It has been translated into many languages and is studied by people of various professions and statuses.