The Art of War Ancient secrets to speedy accomplishment of objectives is explored in eminent detail in this book.  Read about enigma diagrams hidden in the 2, 500 year-old classic on competitive success.  The book discusses enigma symbols, analogies, and metaphors which are painstakingly explained and interpreted for optimum comprehension. This is a must reading not only for students of military science. This is also a must reading for businessmen and anyone who wants to excel in any field. Book Excerpts: 7 of the 20 items ON WAGING WAR [Ts`ao Kung has the observe: "He who wishes to battle must offset count the cost, " which prepares us for the discovery that the subject of the chapter is not what we might expect from the entitle, but is primarily a thoughtfulness of ways and means.] 1. Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a m swift chariots, as many lumbering chariots, and a hundred m mail-clad soldiers, [The "swift chariots" were lightly built and, according to Chang Yu, used for the attack; the "lumbering chariots" were heavier, and designed for purposes of vindication. Li Ch`uan, it is truthful, says that the latter were light, but this seems hardly probable. It is interesting to observe the analogies between early Chinese warfare and that of the Homeric Greeks. In each case, the war- chariot was the important constituent, forming as it did the nucleus round which was grouped a certain number of foot-soldiers. With regard to the numbers given here, we are informed that each swift chariot was accompanied by 75 footmen, and each lumbering chariot by 25 footmen, so that the wholly army would be divided up into a m battalions, each consisting of two chariots and a hundred men.] with provisions enough to hold them a m LI, [2.78 modern LI go to a mile. The length may have varied slightly since Sun Tzu's time.]