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The art of war = [Sunzi bing fa] / Sun-tzu ; translated, with introductions and commentary by Ralph D. Sawyer ; with the collaboration of Mei-Chün Lee Sawyer.

Sunzi, (Author). Sawyer, Ralph D. (Added Author). Sawyer, Mei-chün. (Added Author). Rogers D. Spotswood Collection. (Added Author).

Summary:

For more than two thousand years, Sun-tzu's "The Art of War" has provided leaders with essential advice on battlefield tactics, managing troops and terrain, and employing cunning and deception. An elemental part of Chinese culture, it has also become a touchstone for the Western struggle for survival and success.

Record details

ISBN: 1566192978
ISBN: 9781566192972
ISBN: 1566192986
ISBN: 9781566192989
Physical Description: 375 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Publisher: New York : Barnes & Noble, [1994]
Copyright: ©1994

Content descriptions

General Note:	Parallel title in Chinese characters.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Preface -- A note on the translation and pronunciation -- Chronology of approximate dynastic periods -- General introduction and historical background -- Introduction -- The art of war in translation -- 1. Initial estimations -- 2. Waging war -- 3. Planning offensives -- 4. Military disposition -- 5. Strategic military power -- 6. Vacuity and substance -- 7. Military combat -- 8. Nine changes -- 9. Maneuvering the army -- 10. Configurations of terrain -- 11. Nine terrains -- 12. Incendiary attacks -- 13. Employing spies -- Tomb texts and lost writings -- Notes to the general introduction and historical background -- Selected notes to the introduction -- Notes to the translation -- Notes to the Tomb Texts and Lost writings -- Selected bibliography -- Glossary -- Index.