| Description |
xv, 489 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Pronunciation guide -- Dynastic chronology -- I. Historical experience and formulations -- Incipient beginnings -- Spring and autumn Precursors -- Sun-tzu's definitive formulation -- Warring states commanders --Warring states explications -- Han Dynasty realizations -- Three Kingdoms -- Northern and Southern Dynasties exemplars -- Sui and T'ang conflicts -- Theory in the Three Kingdoms and early T'ang -- Sung Dynasty theoretical developments -- The Ming and beyond -- II. Modern theories and implications -- Traditional wisdom revitalized -- Modern embodiments and implications |
| Summary |
"China's ancient military principles are strikingly relevant to today's tumultuous global politics - including the Iraq war and the War on Terror. With China's emergence as a geopolitical power and asymmetrical warfare developing as the new template for military action the world over, the concept of unorthodox warfare is quickly becoming the dominant way of thinking about military strategy. The Too of Deception is replete with materials unknown in the West, and portrays a startlingly different way of thought and strategic view that demand careful scrutiny in the current destabilized geopolitical situation. It is the definitive guide to a new, yet ancient, way of thinking about strategy that is finding increasingly wide acceptance in many realms, including tactical implementation, strategic planning, and corporate activities at large."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- China -- History.
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Deception (Military science) -- History.
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| Author |
Sawyer, Mei-chün.
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| LC no. |
2006031642 |
| ISBN |
9780465072057 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0465072054 hardcover alkaline paper |
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