The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ralph D. SawyerAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2007-11-06Pages:592
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465003044ISBN-10:465003044UPC:9780465003044Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Ancient, AsiaBook Topic:Strategy, ChinaSize:9.20 x 6.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.35Product ID:SC4E7VPTX6
The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written, a stanchion in sinological and military history. It presents an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of force -- an approach very different from that stressed in the West. Safeguarded for centuries by the ruling elite of imperial China, even in modern times these writings have been known only to a handful of Western specialists. This volume contains seven separate essays, written between 500 BCE and 700 CE, that preserve the essential tenets of strategy distilled from the experience of the most brilliant warriors of ancient China.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Basic BooksISBN-13:9780465003044ISBN-10:465003044UPC:9780465003044Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Ancient, AsiaBook Topic:Strategy, ChinaSize:9.20 x 6.00 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.35Product ID:SC4E7VPTX6
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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