1088: 3/4 Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World, by Bevin Alexander
Image: Part of the cursive script of The Art of War by Sun Tzuin Xixia, hidden in Ningxia Archives Sun Tzu’s historicity has been questioned; however, according to Ralph Sawyer, it is very likely Sun Tzu did exist and not only served as a general but also wrote the core of the book that bears his name. Sun Tzu at Gettysburg: Ancient Military Wisdom in the Modern World,by Bevin Alexander (https://www.amazon.com/Bevin-Alexander/e/B000APBLK8/ref=dp_byline_cont_ebooks_1) Imagine the impact on world history if Robert E. Lee had listened to General Longstreet at Gettysburg and withdrawn to higher ground instead of sending Pickett uphill against the entrenched Union line. Or if Napoléon, at Waterloo, had avoided mistakes he'd never made before. The advice that would have changed the outcome of these crucial battles is found in a book on strategy written centuries before Christ was born. Lee, Napoléon, and Adolf Hitler never read Sun Tzu's The Art of War; the book became widely available in the West only in the mid-twentieth century. As Bevin Alexander shows, however, Sun Tzu's maxims often boil down to common sense in a particularly pure and clear form. The lessons of contemporary military practice, or their own experience, might have guided these commanders to success. It is stunning to see, nonetheless, the degree to which the precepts laid down 2,400 years ago apply to warfare of the modern era. https://www.amazon.com/Sun-Tzu-Gettysburg-Ancient-Military-ebook/dp/B004VBBVJ8/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1612154088&sr=1-1-spell