Thought for the Week: The art of war

Roger Hill reflects on The Art of War in the 'Thought for the Week'

by Roger Hill 1st December 2017

I have been studying the great classic text The Art of War by Sun Tzu, written in the fifth century BC. It is a text of such subtlety, such understanding of human nature, and, it must be said – of such deviousness – that it makes Niccolò Machiavelli look almost innocent. It is still studied at Sandhurst, Westpoint and other leading military academies.