First Impressions

[Morrolan]

Machiavelli, or even Clausewitz, are too heavy-handed for Arm. Basic works on strategy and tactics will do you just fine.

For the connoisseur, I'd suggest Keegan's A History of Warfare and Musashi's Book of Five Rings. For fancy stuff, there's always Art of War.

[Fredd]

Machiavelli, or even Clausewitz, are too heavy-handed for Arm. Basic works on strategy and tactics will do you just fine.

For the connoisseur, I'd suggest Keegan's A History of Warfare and Musashi's Book of Five Rings. For fancy stuff, there's always Art of War.

Romance of the three kingdoms.

[Khommie]

For politics, it is always interesting to read up on various sides.  For example, I've read a tiny bit of Locke, Montesquieu, and other humanists.  I've also read Marx's The Communist Manifesto.

[Morrolan]

Romance of the three kingdoms.

Good choice. Available online in translation. For free. (I can't remember where. Google books?)

[racurtne]

Romance of the three kingdoms.

Good choice. Available online in translation. For free. (I can't remember where. Google books?)

http://www.threekingdoms.com/

It is not a short read. It is so, so, good though.

The other must reads of Chinese literature, while I'm at it:

水浒传- Water Margin (Most common, there are many different translations)-About a group of outlaws during the Song Dynasty
红楼梦- Dreams of the Red Chamber- A love story set within a broader story of the fall of a noble house from grace during the Qing Dynasty, I believe. (considered the peak of Classical Chinese literature)
西游记- Journey to the West- Talking animals and Buddhism (often read to children and often fodder for children's stories)

Notes: I have not read all of Water Margin or any of Journey to the West.

Water Margin and Dreams of the Red Chamber could have some appropriate bits.

[lordcooper]

And that's my reading list for the next month or so sorted

[Fujikoma]

You would consider The Book of Five Rings and The Art of War lighter than Machiavelli? True, I may have encountered them first, but every time I read them, they are too vague at points (but I did catch some of it). I think I found the Tao Teh Ching or The Blue Cliff Record more helpful and understandable than those on some matters. At points, yes, the advice is very clear. Still, I get the unmistakable feeling something is there in them, I just can't quite figure it out.

I need to read them again, if I can find a good translation.

I've heard Journey to the West is an excellent story. A friend once called me and told me all about it, I still need to read it.

I still have yet to read any Clausewitz or Keegan... Suppose I should fix that.

[boog]

Machiavelli, or even Clausewitz, are too heavy-handed for Arm. Basic works on strategy and tactics will do you just fine.

For the connoisseur, I'd suggest Keegan's A History of Warfare and Musashi's Book of Five Rings. For fancy stuff, there's always Art of War.

Romance of the three kingdoms.

I read this, unabridged, to manboog every night one summer. I was hoarse. But it's a great book!

[Khommie]

Damn it.  I just got hired for a position and he didn't show up for the interview.  God, rage. 

[RogueGunslinger]

Damn it.  I just got hired for a position and he didn't show up for the interview.  God, rage.  

Man that's messed up.


Err, I thought this was a real life post, in the OOC board... Ignore me, lol.

Sometimes people can't always be there for you, this is a game, after all.

[Barzalene]

Sometimes people get sidetracked either by real life or in game crisis. You know when you have someone dying or plans falling through or what have you, sometimes the interview gets pushed aside.

[Khommie]

I know the RL comes first.  Sometimes, however, one still feels the rage nevertheless.