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Few works of literature speak almost equally to the businessman, the philosopher, and the practitioner of the martial arts. Musashi's great classic, until now unknown in the West except by reputation, is one which speaks to all three. Famous for over 300 years, A Book of Five Rings is likely the most perceptive guide to strategy ever written.
Musashi is known to the Japanese as Kensie or "sword-saint." Though the facts of his life might suggest to American readers that he was a cruel and merciless man, in fact, Musashi relentlessly pursued an honest ideal, and its truth emerges from A Book of Five Rings. It is not a thesis on battle strategy; it is, in Musashi's words, "a guide for men who want to learn strategy" and, as a guide always leads, so its contents seem always just beyond the student's immediate understanding.
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The book of five rings: the classic text of samurai sword strategy
2014, Fall River Press
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The Book of Five Rings, The Classic Text of Samurai Sword Strategy
2006, Barnes & Noble, New York
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El libro de los cinco anillos
May 15, 2006, Editorial Prana
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The Book of Five Rings
January 11, 2005, Shambhala
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A Book of Five Rings
February 1, 2004, Allison & Busby
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The Book of Five Rings: Miyamoto Musashi
January 2004, iUniverse
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The Book of Five Rings
December 12, 2000, Shambhala
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The Book of Five Rings (Gorin No Sho): The Real Art of Japanese Management
1982, Bantam Doubleday Dell
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A psychological guide to strategy applicable to business, philosophy, or martial arts, written by sixteenth-century warrior Miyamoto Musashi as a means of explaining his success as a practitioner of Japanese swordfighting, or Kendo.
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