"The Art Of War" is great, I read this version when I was 13 but I would still recommend it as a good place to start before getting another translation or other books: "Sunzi Speaks: The Art of War" Tsai Chih Chung http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385472587 Some online reading that you might find interesting: http://www.ingber.com/combat97_cmi.ps.gz http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Symposia/joint2008/papers/Hoffman%20... (http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Symposia/joint2008/papers/Hoffman%20Paper_Panel%203.pdf) http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Symposia/joint2008/papers/Warden%20P... (http://www.ndu.edu/inss/Symposia/joint2008/papers/Warden%20Paper_Panel%203.pdf) http://www.dodccrp.org/files/Smith_Complexity.pdf
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