Sun Tzu is so fucking funny to me because for his time he was legitimately a brilliant tactician but a bunch of his insight is shit like "if you think you might lose, avoid doing that", "being outnumbered is bad generally", and "consider lying."
On the other hand, as an American, it kinda hits you that the first chapter is "Long wars deplete physical resources and the morale and discipline of your soldiers, don't do long wars".














