33 Strategies of War - Robert Greene - Audio Book -
Brand New (still Shrink-wrapped) Abridged 10 hours on 8 CDs
The contemporary companion to Sun-tzu's The Art of War, this brilliant distillation of the strategies of war can help us gain mastery in the modern world.
Spanning world civilizations, synthesizing dozens of political, philosophical, and religious texts and thousands of years of violent conflict, this is a comprehensive guide to getting ahead and staying there.
Each chapter outlines an approach that will help you win your life's wars. Learn the offensive strategies that require you to maintain the initiative and negotiate from a position of strength, and the defensive strategies that enable you to respond to dangerous situations and avoid situations where winning is impossible.
As in The 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene uses illustrative examples from history: Lyndon Johnson's tenacity, Julius Caesar's decisiveness, Joan Crawford's refusal to compromise, Ted Williams's competitive drive, and the folly and genius of everyone from Napoleon to Margaret Thatcher, Shaka the Zulu to Ulysses S. Grant. Great warriors of the battlefield and the drawing room demonstrate prudence, agility, balance, and calm. The rational, resourceful, and intuitive always defeat the panicked, uncreative, and stupid.
Informed by the most ingenious and effective military principles in war, The 33 Strategies provides all the psychological ammunition you need to overcome patterns of failure and forever gain the upper hand.
About The Author
Robert Greene (born in Los Angeles in May 14, 1959) is an American author known for his books on strategy, power and seduction. He attended the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he received a degree in classical studies. He has worked in New York City as an editor and writer for several magazines, including Esquire, and in Hollywood as a story developer and writer. He lived for years in London, England; Paris, France; and Barcelona, Spain; he speaks several languages and has worked as a translator. In 1995 Greene was involved in the planning and creation of the art school Fabrica outside Venice, Italy, where he began a collaboration with the New York book packager and designer Joost Elffers. This partnership resulted in several books.
On July 11, 2006, he officially launched a blog, Power, Seduction and War: The Robert Greene Blog as one of Tucker Max's Rudius Media sites.
Works
The 48 Laws of Power is the first work by Robert Greene and published by Joost Elffers, compared to Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince,[2] with the main difference being that the audience is not royalty, but the masses. Among the 48 are laws such as "Law 3: Conceal your intentions" and "Law 15: Crush your enemy totally". His next book The Art of Seduction is similar to 48 Laws in organization and tone but goes more in-depth regarding soft persuasion. It draws on historical characters such as Casanova and Lord Byron and analyzes the methods of seduction. The 33 Strategies of War is a kind of modern version of Sun Tzu's classic treatise on war, with some of Greene's original additions, relevant in the world of warfare today. His works have sold an estimated 2 million copies worldwide.
Robert Greene is working on a book with 50 Cent called The 50th Law.
Power, Seduction and War
Robert Greene blogs on PowerSeductionandWar.com where he writes about themes from his books and current events. He has criticized the strategy of public figures including Michael Moore, Bill O'Reilly and Vladimir Putin. On the blog, Robert has written about some of his influences, including Machiavelli who he admitted that he rereads once a year and John Boyd, whose philosophy he felt fit in these "ruthless times."
Hip Hop
Robert's largely historical books have found surprising resonance in the hip-hop community. Rappers such as Kayne West and Young Buck have both rapped about Greene's tome The 48 Laws of Power, mentioning the title by name. Multi-platinum rapper Busta Ryhmes once received a specially engraved cover of the book to help deal with problematic movie producers. It was these connections that eventually led to his collaboration with 50 Cent another of Robert's 'disciples'.
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