Sun Tzu's The Art of War
War As I Knew It by George S. Patton, Jr

Of course these books have been mentioned before. but always good to mention again, and again.

after reading on the web. The art of war. my comming got bettter by 500-1000%.

10 times better? seriously? could you summarize some of the more useful stuff here?

Being able to critize yourself is all you need, along with the basic analytic mindset most people able to operate a computer posess to a reasonable degree. And those are the only generic and sweeping skills really necessary, everything else is learning the intricacies of the game.

Saltzbad means to say "don't be a close minded fool" when you're in the chair.

IRONY ALERT

I applaud your character camo, not many people can make fun of themselves as well as others in equal measure

Clauswitz and Machiavelli are much more informative. Sun Tzu's Art of War is mostly a collection of common sense information that nonetheless many people should read. A lot of warfare in general is simply understanding your opponent and what they will do. Once you've done this you have a competitive advantage that will prove fatal to your opponent.

This book will not make you a better comm. Nor will it make you a better field commander. But what it will do is make you feel l33t, like you stayed at a holiday inn last night.

As Adj points out: Clauswitz and Machiavelli, however I think that their texts are mostly common sense also.

I think all these ideas have been already said and went to common sense. Althou it does not mean that people would knew em.....

and sun tzu is awy too easy to find on google.
howabout machiavelli?