Purchase the digital edition from Shambhala or Amazon for under $10. Convert it to a private PDF. Annotate it digitally. Treat the book as a strategic asset.
A: Rarely. The full text (including the long introduction and commentaries) is rarely legally free for download. You can find the public domain translation of the original text (without Cleary’s work) free anywhere, but that is a different product. sun tzu art of war thomas cleary pdf
A: Approximately 375 pages. The actual Art of War text is only 40-50 pages. The rest is Cleary’s 72-page introduction, plus extensive commentaries from 11 different historical Chinese strategists. Purchase the digital edition from Shambhala or Amazon