Most Important Aspects Of The Book The Art Of War

Most important aspects of the book The art of war

Introduction

In this essay I will announce the most important aspects, as well as my opinion of the book "The art of war", which was written by the general and military strategist Sun Tzu approximately 2.500 years in ancient China. Who was Sun Tzu? Sun Tzu was a military, strategist and philosopher of ancient China. It is estimated that he lived around the 5th century.C, his philosophy on war has had an enormous influence throughout history. The book is developed in 13 chapters that tells us that all the art of war supports deception; since the most important thing is to dominate the enemy to win. 

In the development of this essay, I will announce the most outstanding points that I consider important to address, and finally, I will give my conclusions, above all, the learning that I leave from a legal perspective.

Developing

The first chapter called "The Evaluation" tells us that the first is, to know the skills and defects that our opponent has. On the other hand, for the State it is essential that there is a war, since the losses of human lives and material resources is important, to which I believe that not only that matters to the State, if not, also "the honor". To achieve triumph, you have to succeed in fundamental aspects, which are: doctrine, weather conditions, terrain, authority or command and discipline.

The second chapter "the initiation of actions", talks us virtually the resources, we must be cautious in the issue about the amount of resources that are counted, because; We could not remain unprotected by a bad administration that we have had; If not, that on the contrary, we must reach the final with sufficient resources, and if possible, to be able to feed on the enemy.

In the third chapter "the positions of victory and defeat", it is warned, that the most important thing is to prevent our adversaries from joining to redouble efforts and in this way they can attack us, and this can be achieved, if the strategy proposed It is executed with intelligence, patience and much optimism, and this seems to me, it is an important aspect, since, otherwise, if the impulse and anger dominate, it may not be carried out by an organized and strategic plan.

The fourth chapter called "the measure in the disposal of the media", refers that just as it is important favorable that will take us to triumph.

The next chapter "firmness" states that our army must be prepared in the eyes of our enemy, which means this, that despite the fact that our team has weaknesses, it has more way in which we make ourselves known to others , that they have the firm belief that we are prepared for any situation.

In the sixth chapter "the full and empty", he explains, that to succeed, once we know the weaknesses of our enemy and take advantage of all the opportunities we have to attack, we have to act with cunning, so that we can arrive calm, and instead they arrive exhausted.

The next chapter is called "the direct and indirect confrontation". A direct confrontation is that in which the use of weapons is present, which would be more viable if it is not carried out, but on the other hand, it is also in indirect confrontation, in which to move large amounts of menIt is also important, knowing how to control.

"The nine changes," is the name of the eighth chapter;In this, it is important to highlight, that it is necessary to know the changes that may be on the ground and understand how the army will work, in this way, it will be known what advantages there is, and if the combat continues. At no time should we believe, or have the false illusion that our adversary wants to make a “peace pact” and trust that it can be a team, since we do not really know its true intentions and the plan it has;This is what is manifested in the ninth chapter "the distribution of the media".

In the tenth chapter "the typology" the author mentions that there are various ways to be defeated, such as: do not measure the number of forces, not to be clear about what are "prizes and punishments", not having adequate preparation, being ineffective inthe strategy, and of course not to have quality soldiers, if not, the best;The above will depend on the person who is in charge of the team.

The first tenth chapter "the nine classes of land", tells us about the different types of land that are that are those of dispersion, light, in key, communication, intersection, difficult, unfavorable, fenced and mortal, their importance ofTake into account what type of land is, it derives from how to obtain benefits and be able to win. People, supplies, team, warehouses and weapons are different situations that can get fire, is what explains the next chapter "The art of attacking for fire", so there is a precaution if we want to make ourselvesValer for this tool.

The last chapter "On Concord and Discord", tells us that as we know, we have to act with cunning, intelligence, and meet our adversary, we will be able to obtain this if we take care of watching and finding out what he does, thus obtaining key information, which in times later, will serve to attack.

conclusion

"The art of war", was in a book written many years ago, which is obvious that we were in another part of history and in other times, but nevertheless, it is incredible, as we can apply to current life. This book teaches us to act intelligence, since we are not always going to have everything to win, but if we act with cunning, we may "deceive" our opponent and in this way, have the perception thatWe want the hold of us, but how are we going to achieve it?, Just as we have to meet our adversary, we have to meet ourselves, and know how far we are capable of giving.

I consider that the most important thing is to have a strategy, perhaps if we have an organized plan and we execute it with discipline, so we do not count on the best resources, we can overcome. The above can be applied in any part of our life, referring to the legal aspect, which is what I focus on, if we take care of knowing the opposite part and applying the reasoning, we can succeed, many times “the best victoryis to overcome without fighting "," And that is the distinction between the prudent and the ignorant man ".