The Complete Ancient Strategy, Statec..., Sun Tzu
The Complete Ancient Strategy, Statec..., Sun Tzu
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The Complete Ancient Strategy, Statecraft and Empire Collection
The Art of War, Arthashastra, The Prince, The Commentaries of Julius Caesar, History of the Peloponnesian War, and More in One Ancient Strategy and Leadership Collection

Author: Sun Tzu, Kautilya, Niccolo Machiavelli, Julius Caesar, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Alexis de Tocqueville, Thomas Hobbes

Series: Lumen

Narrator: James Mitchell

Unabridged: 133 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lumen Press

Published: 06/23/2026


Synopsis

What if the most useful lessons in power came from commanders, statesmen, and philosophers who had already seen empires rise and fail?

The Complete Ancient Strategy, Statecraft and Empire Collection collects the great works of command and statecraft: battlefield judgment, political realism, self-command, persuasion, law, discipline, ambition, and the hard choices that shape victory or collapse. The arrangement is built for readers who want depth, continuity, and momentum rather than a disconnected anthology.

What You'll Discover in This Modern Collection:
– Strategy and War – principles of timing, deception, terrain, morale, and decisive action.
– Statecraft and Power – political counsel on authority, loyalty, public order, and the management of conflict.
– Discipline and Self-Command – the inner habits required before anyone can command others well.
– Historical Lessons – campaigns, failures, victories, and the pressure of real decisions under danger.

Whether you're studying leadership, military history, negotiation, power, discipline, or the classics of strategic thought, this edition gives you a direct way to experience the collection as a coherent journey.

Begin reading today and discover how these works illuminate one another when they are heard in the right order.

About Sun Tzu

Writer of the world's oldest military treatise, Sun Tzu wrote stratagems over 2,500 years ago that are still pertinent today.

What has been established though historical references in the text itself is that The Art of War was probably written between 505 and 496 BC, but the first direct reference to Sun Tzu was made nearly four centuries later. Therefore, an attempt to reconstruct even the outline of Sun Tzu's life must be based almost wholly on conjecture.

Sun would have lived near the end of the Chinese epoch know as the Spring and Autumn Period (770-475 BC). He was born into a military family from the northeastern state of Chi. There he may have entered the army and gained the honorific title Sun after showing great ability during an attack on the neighboring state of Ju. When civil war broke out in Chi, Sun Tzu fled south and entered the service of Ho Lu, King of Wu. From his own text we know that he was appointed general, successfully attacked the Chu three times, and prepared for battle with the state of Yueh. Ultimately, Yueh was able to crush Wu, the territory of which was incorporated into Yueh, probably after the death of Sun Tzu.


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