Abstract
The book ‘33 strategies of war’ is written by Robert Greene, author of three other bestsellers. Greene writes mostly about the issues related to power; about strategies of how to achieve it, how to dominate and stand victorious against enemies and how to gain mastery and success in life. He holds a degree in Classical studies from the University of Wisconsin—Madison. He has worked as an editor, writer, translator as well as a story developer in Hollywood.
As the name indicates, the book discusses strategies that would ensure success if followed during and before war (while preparing), helping to meet the ultimate ends for which the war is fought. Corresponding to the number of strategies, the book has 33 chapters, each discussing a single strategy in detail. The strategies have been categorized under five different forms of warfare including self-directed warfare, organizational, defensive, offensive and unconventional warfare, dividing the book into five parts. Greene has thoroughly filtered the annals of history to search for events and examples relevant to each strategy clearly displaying its evolution, execution and effectiveness, and also the consequences in case it is not adopted. A single event has been discussed under different strategies to show that how a mixture, capable of flowing, and shifting like a fluid, proved efficient, instead of a rigid and coherent model.