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    The 33 Strategies of War
    The 33 Strategies of War
    The 33 Strategies of War
    Audiobook (abridged)9 hours

    The 33 Strategies of War

    Written by Robert Greene

    Narrated by Don Leslie

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    The contemporary companion to Sun-tzu's The Art of War, this brilliant distillation of the strategies of war can help us gain mastery in the modern world.<

    Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, this is a comprehensive guide to getting ahead and staying there.

    Each chapter outlines an approach that will help you win your life's wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, and the defensive strategies that enable you to respond to dangerous situations and avoid situations where winning is impossible.<

    As in The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene uses illustrative examples from history: Lyndon Johnson's tenacity, Julius Caesar's decisiveness, Joan Crawford's refusal to compromise, Ted Williams's competitive drive, and the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Ulysses S. Grant. Great warriors of the battlefield and the drawing room demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm. The rational, resourceful, and intuitive always defeat the panicked, uncreative, and stupid.

    Informed by the most ingenious and effective military principles in war, The 33 Strategies provides all the psychological ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateApr 2, 2007
    ISBN9781598874990
    The 33 Strategies of War
    Author

    Robert Greene

    Robert Greene is the author of three bestselling books: The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and The 33 Strategies of War. He attended U.C. Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he received a degree in classical studies. He has worked in New York as an editor and writer at several magazines, including Esquire, and in Hollywood as a story developer and writer. Greene has lived in London, Paris, and Barcelona; he speaks several languages and has worked as a translator. He currently lives in Los Angeles.

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    • 5/5
      Great book as expected from Robert Greene, the book is directed to the point and well structured, where each chapter consists of an introduction, historic example and a conclusion.

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    • 5/5
      Good book read and a good know I loved it

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    • 5/5
      Very good book! It is learning the reader so many things, that you have to discover. Awesome! I recomand it!

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    • 5/5
      I learned a lot from this book.

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    • 5/5
      Great book. I loved it. I want more of this

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    • 4/5
      The book is an epic , teaches you the fundamentals of war

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      a book with useful tips, which we can and should apply in life

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Wowed by the work of Robert green.
      Depth analysis and wonderful illustrations.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Great biographical narrative collection with psychological insights! Very absorbing reading. Manipulation tricks with respective defense strategies against people who play them.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      super book,, great detail easy to listen will use again

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    • 5/5
      excellent book.. anyone that wants to be successful in any field should read this book.

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    • 5/5
      This is a facinating book on relating war to real life. Every chapter relates to my life in some way.

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    • 5/5
      Another set of pithy laws and quotations, like those in the "The (48?) Secrets of Power". Don't just read this as a "How-To", read it to see other sides of people who were famous, such as Joan Crawford. While I'm not about to use these principles myself, I won't fall for them now either. Oh, and as a teaser: after reading this book, there is a certain famous Artist that you will never be able to think of with anything but a feeling of being soiled for even being in the same room with his works.

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    • 5/5
      Great history and points made in this book highly recommend
    • 5/5
      I will definitely read this again and again, love it
    • 1/5
      Psychopathy 101. Self help book for managers, as vapid as any other self help book. Better researched than most but that does not translate into value.
    • 5/5
      Top 10 favorite books I ever read cuz everything they said about it was true if you look at history
    • 5/5
      Wow! This is a superb book/ audiobook! Definitely a must read for all people interested in learning strategies.
    • 5/5
      Awesome book truths that can be implemented on life for
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