Front cover -- The Art of War for Security Managers -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction to The Art of War -- Executive Summary -- Today's Threat Environment -- Who Was Sun Tzu? -- Applications of The Art of War -- The Art of War for Security Managers -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 2: Be a Leader! -- Executive Summary -- Who Would You Follow into Battle? -- Fundamental Questions -- Who Should Lead and Why? -- The Leader's Role and Characteristics -- Failures of Leadership -- Leadership -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 3: Accept the Inevitability of Conflict -- Executive Summary -- Conflict Is Inevitable -- World-View and Conflict -- Business World Conflicts -- The Security Manager and Conflict -- Chapter 3 Scenario -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 4: Know Yourself and Know Your Enemy -- Executive Summary -- Who Is the Enemy? -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 5: Conduct Strategic Assessments -- Executive Summary -- Strategy and Tactics -- Sun Tzu's View of Strategic Assessments -- Sun Tzu's Strategic Assessments for the Security Manager -- Conducting a Strategic Assessment -- Chapter 5 Scenario -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 6: Remember What Is Really Important -- Executive Summary -- The Schoolyard -- The Battlefield -- Lessons Learned -- The Business World -- What Really Matters? -- The Department -- The Security Manager -- Victory Is Important, Not Persistence -- Chapter 6 Scenario -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 7: Engage the Enemy -- Executive Summary -- Preparations -- The Context of Battle -- Types of Militarists -- Fundamental Concepts of Battle -- The Battle Equation -- Basic Battle Strategies -- Choosing a Basic Battle Strategy -- Chapter 7 Scenario -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 8: Maneuver Your Army -- Executive Summary -- Terrain and Position.

Rules for Maneuvering Armies -- Movement -- Chapter 8 Scenario -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 9: Adapt to the Battlefield -- Executive Summary -- Dynamics of the Conventional and Unconventional -- Adaptation and the Security Manager -- Conventional Security Management Knowledge -- Unconventional Knowledge -- Chapter 9 Scenario 1 -- Chapter 9 Scenario 2 -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 10: Avoid Predictability -- Executive Summary -- Predictability: The Ultimate Strategic Advantage or Detriment -- The Balance -- Avoiding Predictability -- Chapter 10 Scenario 1 -- Chapter 10 Scenario 2 -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 11: Collect Intelligence -- Executive Summary -- The Importance of Intelligence -- The Intelligence Cycle -- Evaluating Your Intelligence Capability -- Intelligence: A Key Concept -- Chapter 11 Scenario -- Discussion Questions -- Chapter 12: The Art of War and Homeland Security -- Executive Summary -- "Objectivity" and the War on Terror -- September 11, 2001-A Watershed Event -- The Wrong Question -- The Right Questions -- The Private Sector -- The Big Question -- Definitional Problems -- Sun Tzu and the War on Terrorism -- A Continual War on Terrorism -- Conclusions -- Appendix: The Armory -- Annotated Bibliography -- Index.