The Art of War: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Art of War, credited to Sun Tzu, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Art of War, by Sun Tzu (translated by Lionel Giles). Read by Paul Sze. The Art of War is a Chinese military treatise written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu. Composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it has long been praised as the definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time. (From Wikipedia.)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Art of War
• Author credits: Sun Tzu
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 13
• Listed recording duration: 1:53:40

Catalogue topics

• art war
• sun tzu
• sunzi
• military strategy
• Lionel Giles

Track guide

1. 01 - Laying Plans — 7:29
2. 02 - Waging War — 6:45
3. 03 - Attack by Strategem — 7:02
4. 04 - Tactical Dispositions — 5:47
5. 05 - Energy — 7:22
6. 06 - Weak Points and Strong — 10:15
7. 07 - Maneuvering — 9:24
8. 08 - Variation in Tactics — 4:44
9. 09 - The Army on the March — 12:03
10. 10 - Terrain — 10:12
11. 11 - The Nine Situations — 18:34
12. 12 - The Attack by Fire — 5:45
13. 13 - The Use of Spies — 8:24

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