Quote: (08-29-2015 07:03 AM)Sourcecode Wrote:
What is he significance of reading multiple books on War and War Theory if barely one percent of people intend to serve in a military.
I find most most books in this style don't particularly have anything of substance that hasn't been implemented in modern times.
Knowledge is generally passed down and recited.
Art Of War has be remade and rephrased multiple time and many of its takes are / should be common knowledge in much of business worlds ect ect.
The only thing that made them so special is that, at the time they came out.. that knowledge was extremely hard to come by and most people were barely literate to begin with.
There are differences in their theories and the means to the end. With differences such as those, there are differences in influences.
As for whether one needs to serve in the military for the purpose of a book club, keep in mind they would make for useful mental exercises for understanding. Obviously a civilian wouldn't understand to the full depth to a soldier would, but it doesn't mean a novice in chess should bother reading the works of chess players or attempt to study their strategies to expand how they think. A lot of knowledge can come from places least expected.