Book Two: Sun Tzu's Art of War Playbook: Volumes 5-9

This is Book Two of Sun Tzu's Art of War Playbook explaining the principles of Sun Tzu's strategy. It contains the last five volumes of the work (130 articles) explains 1) minimizing strategic mistakes, 2) recognizing and responding to common strategic situations, 3) creating momentum, 4) wining rewards, and 5) identifying, attacking, and defending vulnerabilities.

The Playbook itself is the culmination of over a decade of work breaking down Sun Tzu's principles into a series of step-by-step practical articles by the Institute's multiple award-winning author and internationally recognized Art of War expert, Gary Gagliardi. The work explains the concepts in the verses of Sun Tzu's classic on strategy in detail, explaining the situations to which they apply the steps in Sun Tzu's system for using them with examples from modern competition. While the original Art of War was originally written for military generals who understood the philosophical concepts of ancient China, our Art of War Playbook is written for today's readers and provide enough descriptive material so that Sun Tzu's ideas can actually be used in everyday life. The Art of War Playbook puts Sun Tzu's ideas into everyday, practical language as a book of instruction.

Because of its size and detail, the Playbook is published in nine volumes. The specific topics examined in these last five volumes (in this one book) are listed below:
Playbook Overview
About Minimizing Mistakes
Minimizing Mistakes
Mission Priorities
Event Pressure
Unproductive Responsibility
Opportunity Exploration
Choosing Adaptability
Campaign Methods
Unplanned Steps
Reaction Time
Speed and Quickness
Opportunity Windows
Information Freshness
Minimizing Action
Testing Value
Successful Mistakes
Focused Power
Force Size
Distance Limitations
Evaluation Deadlines
Defensive Advances
Defense Priority
Acting Now
About Responding to Situations
Situation Response
Situation Recognition
Conditioned Reflexes
Prioritizing Conditions
Campaign Evaluation
Campaign Flow
Campaign Goals
Campaign Patterns
Early-Stage Situations
Middle-Stage Situations
Late-Stage Situations
Nine Situations
Dissipating Situations
Easy Situations
Contentious Situations
Open Situations
Intersecting Situations
Serious Situations
Difficult Situations
Limited Situations
Desperate Situations
Nine Responses
Dissipating Response
Easy Response
Contentious Response
Open Response
Intersecting Response
Serious Response
Difficult Response
Limited Response
Desperate Response
Campaign Pause
Tailoring to Conditions
Form Adjustments
Size Adjustments
Strength Adjustments
Competitive Psychology
Adversity and Creativity
Strength in Adversity
Individual Toughness
About Creating Momentum cCreating Momentum
Order from Chaos
Creating Surprise
Momentum Psychology
Standards and Innovation
Standards First
Proven Methods
Preparing Expectations
Strategic Innovation
Expected Elements
Elemental Rearrangement
Creative Innovation
Competitive Timing
Timing Methods
Momentum Timing
Interrupting Patterns
Momentum Limitations
Momentum Conversion
The Spread of Innovation
Productive Competition
Resource Discovery
Ground Creation
About Winning Rewards
Winning Rewards
Successful Positions
Transforming Resources
Reward Boundaries
Reward Timing
Making Claims
Securing Rewards
Gauging Value
Distinctive Packaging
Rules of Engagement
Position Production
Individual Support
Leveraging Emotions
Winning Attention
Productivity Improvement
Position Erosion
Abandoning Positions
About Vulnerabilities
Understanding Vulnerability
Fire Storm Vulnerability
Climate Rivals
Threat Development
Points of Vulnerability
Personnel Risk
Immediate Resource Risk
Logistics Risk
Asset Risk
Organizational Risk
Crisis Leadership
Mutual Danger
Message Control
Crisis Defense
Division Defense
Panic Defense
Defending Openings
Defending Alliances
Defensive Balance
Crisis Exploitation
Adversarial Opportunities
Avoiding Emotion
Constant Vigilance
Glossary of Key Concepts