Product Description

The Art of Victory

begins with a single act...is the principal goal of a society...is never created or sustained by weakness...can never be total, and this is its beauty...cannot be bought or sold; it can only be won....

Not since Sun-tzu's The Art of War has a blueprint for success offered so much to so many, with timeless lessons for personal, corporate, and societal victory in our age of constant change and inevitable conflict.

Award-winning historian and global strategist Gregory R. Copley draws from decades of experience advising political and military leadership to offer a holistic and balanced view of simple success strategies, with 28 maxims for survival and prosperity in the advancing wave of social, technological, and environmental transformation we now face.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1233058 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 336 pages

From AudioFile
Complex sentences and densely textured ideas dont keep Lloyd James from delivering a razor-sharp interpretation of this sweeping historical and political lesson. From start to finish, his perfectly articulated delivery conveys immense confidence in the authors mission--to restate the immutable laws of survival, both individual and societal, and illustrate them with fascinating historical vignettes. Culture is not enough for survival, the author says; cultural identities survive only when they are consolidated enough politically to defend against infiltration, erosion, and defeat from outside forces. Victory, in this context, requires visionary and altruistic leadership, a degree of hierarchy, and enough satisfaction of civil needs for people to believe that the costs of leadership are worthwhile. The authors illustrations from the Middle East are succinct and riveting. T.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Review
"A masterful, thought-provoking look at conflict and the critical grand strategy of winning."- W.E.B. Griffin

"A rare book which will be read with relevance for decades....The logical next step after Sun-tzu, Machiavelli, and von Clausewitz."- Weekly Global Report

About the Author
Gregory R. Copley has worked internationally at the highest levels of government advising on strategies to achieve economic and political success. He is the founder and editor

of the Global Information System intelligence service used by governments, and the Defense & Foreign Affairs series of publications, including the Defense & Foreign Affairs Handbook, hailed as "indispensable" by President Ronald Reagan's National Security Advisor, William Clark; and author of thousands of articles, classified papers, speeches, and books on strategy, defense, and aviation. He lives in Washington, D.C.