Art of War, is one of the leading books on strategic thinking ever written. While other books on strategy, wisdom, and philosophy come and go, both leaders and gentle alike have embraced the writings of .
is not simply another of many translations already available, but an entirely new text, based on manuscripts recently discovered in , China, that predates all previous texts by as much as one thousand years. In translating the text, researcher and interpreter J. H. Huang traced the roots of the language to before 221 . to get to the original intent; Besides offering a wonderfully clear translation, Huang adds an introduction to the history behind and his own comments on the meaning of the text. In addition, includes six appendices, five of which were uncovered at and are not found in other writings of have stood the test of time, and J. H. Huang's is the edition for the next millennium and beyond