The Art of Strategy: 17 Must-Read Titles
Foundational Writings on War, Statecraft, Power, and Leadership Across CivilizationsBy Sun Tzu, Sextus Julius Frontinus, Kautilya, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz, Napoleon Bonaparte, Jacob Abbott, Evelyn S. Shuckburgh, William Milligan Sloane, Joseph Moyle Sherer, Woodrow Wilson, John Torrey Morse, Alfred von Reumont, George Hesekiel
Length259h 56m
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The Art of Strategy: 17 Must-Read Titles assembles a capacious canon of strategic thought, ranging from aphoristic military wisdom and administrative counsel to political theory, campaign history, biography, and modern reflections on war. Its selections illuminate strategy not merely as battlefield technique but as an art of judgment, intelligence, leadership, diplomacy, logistics, and statecraft. Classical treatises stand beside accounts of Napoleonic Europe and analyses of national power, allowing readers to trace changing conceptions of conflict across civilizations and centuries. The contributors form an unusually broad intellectual company: ancient Chinese and Roman commanders, an Indian theorist of governance, Renaissance political thinkers, Prussian military philosophers, an emperor-general, and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century historians and public intellectuals. Together, these voices connect traditions of imperial administration, realist political thought, Enlightenment and post-Napoleonic military analysis, and modern historical scholarship. Their differing assumptions about authority, morality, geography, and human ambition sharpen the volume's central questions rather than resolving them prematurely. This collection is especially valuable for readers seeking a comparative introduction to the enduring literature of strategy. Students of history, politics, leadership, and military studies will find both foundational texts and interpretive contexts within one volume. By placing concise maxims, theoretical arguments, and historical narratives in dialogue, it invites critical reading and reveals strategy as a contested, evolving practice.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length259 hrs 56 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Ancient Empires: A 15-Volume Anthology
2The Art of War
3SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR
4ORIGINAL TEXT
5COMMENTED TEXT (pt. 1)
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6COMMENTED TEXT (pt. 2)
7COMMENTED TEXT (pt. 3)
8Strategemata: The Manual of Military Tactics
9Book I
10Book II
11Book III
12Book IV0
13Arthashastra: The Ancient Indian Book on Wisdom and Strategy
14Book I, "Concerning Discipline"
15Book II, "The Duties of Government Superintendents"
16CHAPTER I. FORMATION OF VILLAGES.
17CHAPTER II. DIVISION OF LAND.
18CHAPTER III. CONSTRUCTION OF FORTS
19CHAPTER IV. BUILDINGS WITHIN THE FORT. (pt. 1)
20CHAPTER IV. BUILDINGS WITHIN THE FORT. (pt. 2)
21CHAPTER XXII. REGULATION OF TOLL-DUES.
22CHAPTER XXXII. TRAINING OF ELEPHANTS.
23Book III, "Concerning Law"
24Book IV, "The Removal of Thorns"
25Book V, "The Conduct of Courtiers"
26Book VI, "The Source of Sovereign States"
27Book VII, "The End of the Six-Fold Policy"
28Book VIII, "Concerning Vices and Calamities"
29Book IX, "The Work of an Invader"
30Book X, "Relating to War"
31Book XI, "The Conduct of Corporations"
32Book XII, "Concerning a Powerful Enemy"
33Book XIII, "Strategic Means to Capture a Fortress"
34Book XIV, "Secret Means"
35Book XV, "The Plan of a Treatise"
36The Prince & The Art of War
37The Prince
38Dedication: To the Magnificent Lorenzo Di Piero De’ Medici
39Chapter 1 - Of the Various Kinds of Princedom, and of the Ways in Which They Are Acquired
40Chapter 2 - Of Hereditary Princedoms
41Chapter 3 - Of Mixed Princedoms
42Chapter 4 - Why the Kingdom of Darius, Conquered by Alexander, Did Not, on Alexander’s Death, Rebel Against His Successors
43Chapter 5 - How Cities or Provinces Which Before Their Acquisition Have Lived Under Their Own Laws Are To Be Governed
44Chapter 6 - Of New Princedoms Which a Prince Acquires With His Own Arms and by Merit
45Chapter 7 - Of New Princedoms Acquired By the Aid of Others and By Good Fortune
46Chapter 8 - Of Those Who By Their Crimes Come to Be Princes
47Chapter - 9 Of the Civil Princedom
48Chapter - 10 How the Strength of All Princedoms Should Be Measured
49Chapter 11 - Of Ecclesiastical Princedoms
50Chapter 12 - How Many Different Kinds of Soldiers There Are, and of Mercenaries
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