the Way of Warrior

Three texts on warfare and conflict, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings and The Way of the Samurai, are gathered in one edition. Beyond strategy and swordsmanship, they offer ideas on leadership, virtue and discipline that apply to business and life today. This edition contains three classic texts from eastern philosophy, The Art of War, The Book of Five Rings and The Way of the Samurai. Together, these texts set out strategies and techniques for warfare and conflict that span more than 2500 years. In The Art of War, Chinese general Sun Tzu promotes strategic flexibility, quick thinking on the battlefield, and understanding the enemy's intentions.The Book of Five Rings covers swordsmanship and the martial arts, emphasizing the need to perfect technique to improve control and discipline. In The Way of the Samurai, Inazo Nitobe explores the moral code of the Japanese warrior class, ideals that still resonate in modern Japanese society and the wider world. Each a best-selling title in its own right, these three classic Far Eastern texts are about much more than war and being a warrior, including ideas of leadership, virtue and disciple which remain relevant to conduct in business and in life today.