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    his own son and his family, who would spend many years overseeing operations in Canada, and who continue to do so today. However, one of the more significant factors that certainly influenced his decision was the developing fuel crisis. In The Art of War, Sun Tzu says “Know your Enemy and Know Yourself”. Before committing to his investment in Canada, Mr.…

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    Logistics: the Capital’s Art of War Technologies of all kinds, as artifacts and systems themselves, are often described as neutral entities, incapable of exerting any significant effects unless they have been graced with the human touch. Social influences are certainly strong factors to political leniencies of technology; however, to say that technology is indefinitely neutral is an uncritical and unrealistic claim. As Langdon Winner identifies in his writing, “Do Artifacts Have Politics?”,…

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    How Does War Affect Art

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    War has always effected artists and therefore art. Artists are influenced by everything around them, many artists paint what they see be it realistically or in a more abstract way. When there is a war and an artist is near it and suffers from it or see it a world away and is moved by it then it only make sense that these ideas will come out in their art. Unless the artist is a cruel and slightly heart-less person as Picasso was for quite a bit of his life, then the artist will what to speak out.…

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    The first line of Sun Tzu’s Art of War is “War is a matter of vital importance to the state. It is a matter of life and death, survival or ruin.” Sun Tzu knows that war could lead to disaster. Sometimes the best way to win is not to fight at all, this perhaps is what Sun Tzu’s ultimate secret is. Nation often rush into wars, with very little concern or thinking through of the course it is going to be; not only in money but in terms of human suffering; not only to ourselves but the civilians of…

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    The art of war is a strategdy guide dealing which deals with military, emphasizes the necessity of a state. It also promotes the concept regarding armed citizenry. It’s a matter of life or death, either used to provide safety or to ruin the safety of others. The book was written in China by a man named as Sun Tzu in 4th century. There was no greater war leader and strategist than Chinese military general Sun Tzu. It’s a complete military strategy guide that covers many types of strategy and…

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    The Art of War by Sun Tzu, A book so famous that it remains taught in colleges around the world. Written by a man so well versed in warfare that generals throughout the ages consulted his work. Despite all of the guidance Sun Tzu’s work has provided, the irony still exists that no one knows for sure if he was a real person. It is widely believed that the text itself was written by a single individual, though who that individual was is not known. For Sun Tzu, deception is the key to warfare, and…

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    Sun-Tzu believes war should be viewed as extremely important to a state. He says it is a matter of life and death, and it cannot be neglected. Sun-Tzu believed in strategizing and planning ahead, and not making rash decisions. Also, he believes that one should have a clear reason for going to war. His main point on wars is that they are based on deception, preparation, and indirect attacks. However, he wants to lose as few lives as possible in the process. Sun-Tzu says that the winning army…

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    by- Imran Ahmad Khan Sun tzu and The Art of Business Approximately two millennia ago the famous Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote the classic work on military strategy, The Art of War. In the modern world, it has now been established that Sun Tzu's strategic principles can be applied to twenty-first century business. Interestingly, it was suggested to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have an in-flight reading of Sun Tzu’s classic en route to China, The Art of War, the book which Chinese people know…

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    In chapter 14, Machiavelli emphasizes that preparing for war is the crucial task for the rulers by asserting that “A prince ought to have no other aim or thought, than war and its rules and discipline”. With the knowledge of the “art of war”, a prince can not only rule efficiently, but also keep his state in the long term, preventing ordinary citizens becoming rulers. To demonstrate, Machiavelli recalled that Francesco Sforza’s sons condescended to become private persons from dukes because they…

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    Taoism started to influence people in China, writers such as Sun Tzu who was a general in the Wu dynasty began to use Lao Tzu ideas on spontaneously and abjuring high ambitions to come up with a book called the Art of War. Sun Tzu’s book the Art of War was a step by step way to win a war without even fighting or using minimal troops to accomplish the same task. These ideas helped small unit tactics and was adopted by a man Mao Tse-Tung.…

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