The Complete Art of War: Sun Tzu & Sun Pin

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Presented here together for the first time are the greatest of the ancient Chinesse classics on strategic thought Sun Tzu's Art of War is the most famous, and the most thought-provoking, work of strategy ever written. The profound insights of this book have endured for over two thousand years, and they continue to reward careful study. The Military Methods of Sun Pin, the great-grandson of Sun Tzu, is a brilliant elaboration on his ancestor's work, which has been lost for nearly two millennia. Presented here together for the first time are the greatest of the ancient Chinese classics of strategic thought: The Complete Art of War. The Sun family writings on strategy represent a unique contribution to our understanding of human affairs. By unveiling the complex, often unexpected, interrelationships of armies locked in battle, their wisdom reveals the enduring principles of success in the struggle of life itself. With a unique index to the essential principles of strategy, and Sawyer's thoughtful chapter-by-chapter commentaries, The Complete Art of War is designed to guide the reader to new insights into the nature of human conflict and a greater understanding of every field of human activity, from playing the game of politics to building a successful marriage, from closing a deal to managing a large organization, and even from making war to making peace.

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Ralph D Sawyer is an accomplished businessman, imaginative entrepreneur, and iconoclastic scholar. He has spent many years as a consultant to American companies seeking to do better business in the Far East. The translator of the definitive English versions of many of the ancient Chinese military writings, he is currently working on the first general history of Chinese warfare with his wife, Me-chin Lee Sawyer Table of Contents Sun -tzu's Art of War: Initial Estimations Waging War Planning Offensives Military Disposition Strategic Military Power Vacuity and Substance Military Combat Nine Changes Maneuvering the Army Configurations of Terrains Nine Terrains Incendiary Attacks Employing Spies Nine Configurations annd Two Questions Sun Pin's Military Methods: Capture of P'ang Chuan Audience with King Wei The Questions of King Wei T'ien Chi Inquires About Fortifications Selecting the Troops Lunar Warfare Eight Formations Treasues of Terrain Preparation of Strategic Power Nature of the Army Implemneting Selection Killing Officers Expanding Ch'i Offices, I Strengthening the Army Ten Deployments Ten Questions Regulating Mailed Troops Distinction Between Guest and Host Those Who Excel Five Names, Five Respects The Army's Losses The General's Virtue The General's Defeats The General's Losses Male and Female Cities Five Criteria, Nine Seizings The Dense and Diffuse Unorthodox and Orthodox Five Instructions Employing Cavalry Attacking the Heart Index to Strategic Concepts and Tactical Principles.