Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465072057ISBN-10:465072054UPC:9780465072057Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, AsiaBook Topic:Strategy, ChinaSize:9.46 x 6.46 x 1.63 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC42GN3QZY
Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China
The history of China is a history of warfare. Wars have caused dynasties to collapse, fractured the thin fasade of national unity, and brought decades of alien occupation. But throughout Chinese history, its warfare has been guided by principles different from those that governed Europe. Chinese strategists followed the concept, first articulated by Sun-tzu in The Art of War, of qi (ch'i), or...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465072057ISBN-10:465072054UPC:9780465072057Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, AsiaBook Topic:Strategy, ChinaSize:9.46 x 6.46 x 1.63 inchesWeight:1.5013Product ID:SC42GN3QZY
Ralph D. Sawyer, one of America's leading scholars in Chinese warfare, has worked extensively with major intelligence and defense agencies. After studying at MIT and Harvard and a brief stint of university teaching, Sawyer has spent the past thirty years lecturing and doing international consulting work focused on China.
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