Review A "Washington Post" best-seller " Absorb this book, and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership." — "Newsweek" " A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines." — "Christian Science Monitor" " "The Art of War" soon could join Machiavelli's "The Prince" as required reading in the executive suite." — "USA Today"

The greatest military textbook of the nineteenth century, this famous analysis of the art of Napoleonic warfare had a profound influence upon the military education of American officers in the decades prior to the Civil War.

Review A "Washington Post" best-seller " Absorb this book, and you can throw out all those contemporary books about management leadership." — "Newsweek" " A breast-pocket favorite of many commanders and U.S. Marines." — "Christian Science Monitor" " "The Art of War" soon could join Machiavelli's "The Prince" as required reading in the executive suite." — "USA Today"

索尼互动娱乐圣塔莫尼卡工作室（英文：SIE Santa Monica Studio）是一间美国的电子游戏开发商，于1999年成立于加利福尼亚州圣塔莫尼卡，隶属于索尼互动娱乐的全球工作室旗下，曾开发“Kinetica”游戏引擎，代表作《战神》系列。

索尼互动娱乐圣塔莫尼卡工作室（英文：SIE Santa Monica Studio）是一间美国的电子游戏开发商，于1999年成立于加利福尼亚州圣塔莫尼卡，隶属于索尼互动娱乐的全球工作室旗下，曾开发“Kinetica”游戏引擎，代表作《战神》系列。

作者：史蒂文·普莱斯菲尔德（Steven Pressfield）是美国历史小说家，著有《火之门》(Gates of Fire)、《战争浪潮》(Tides of War)等畅销历史小说，《一生之敌》(The War of Art)、《入行》(Turning Pro)等经典非虚构作品。他曾历经27年才出版第一本小说，期间在11个州做了21份不同的工作。普莱斯菲尔德也曾是一名海军陆战队员。2003 年，被斯巴达市列为荣誉市民。 译者：赵硕硕，毕业于浙江大学传播学专业，前TBWA中国策略总监，现为自由内容创作者。