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Book Summary Overview
Chapters on Position
Chapters on Expansion
Chapters on Situations
History of the Text
Comparing English Versions Overview
Special Adaptations
Summary Overview
In thirteen chapters, Sun Tzu defines a
sophisticated science in a deliberative manner. The book itself is written in a highly condensed form, where each stanza plays a
key role in the development of its ideas.
The first two chapters and the final one
(the work is written in a circle) concentrate on positional strategy,
the methods for mapping the relative strengths and weakness of competitive
positions.
The middle chapters concentrate on expansion strategy, which identifies and
explores opportunities to advance and build up positions.
The penultimate
section of the book explores situation
response, which specifies the responses required to address a specific
competitive situations.
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