Robert Greene turns military history into a manual for conflict of every kind, drawing strategies from commanders, campaigns and the writings of strategists across many centuries. The paperback is long and organised for reference.
Chapters are grouped by type of warfare, from self-directed and organisational through defensive, offensive and unconventional approaches, with each strategy illustrated by historical episodes and then restated in general terms. Figures from Sun Tzu to Napoleon supply the case material, and the analysis is consistently applied outward to business, negotiation and everyday rivalry. Readers familiar with the author's earlier work will recognise the pattern of short principle, long example, concise summary.
What makes it worth shelf space:
• Thirty-three strategies grouped into clear sections
• Historical campaigns used as worked examples
• Lessons applied to business and personal conflict
• A layout that supports dipping in rather than straight reading
Suited to readers of strategy, history and negotiation, published by Hachette and available through Boipoka.