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The problem I have with Sun Tzu and Machiavelli is that both of them were pure theorists. They never actually implemented their ideas, and hence, IMO, while they make for good reading, they may or may not be effective in practice.
I would rather like to read Chanakya's Arthashastra. Here was a person who, having sworn revenge on a king, takes a farmer's boy as his disciple and turns him into a mighty monarch that manages to defeat Alexander's successor.
Chanakya is similar to Machiavelli in the sense that he talks about political strategies more than pure military ones, but the difference is that he talks out of experience.
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