TY - BOOK AU - Sunzi, TI - The art of war SN - 9781502449375 U1 - 355 PY - 0000///200?] CY - [S.l. PB - s.n. KW - Military art and science KW - Early works to 1800 N1 - Introduction -- Sun Wu and his book -- The text of Sun Tzu -- Apologies for war -- Bibliography -- Footnotes -- Pt. 1. Laying plans -- Pt. 2. Waging war -- Pt. 3. Attack by stratagem -- Pt. 4. Tactical dispositions -- Pt. 5. Energy -- Pt. 6. Weak points and strong -- Pt. 7. Maneuvering -- Pt. 8. Variations in tactics -- Pt. 9. The army on the March -- Pt. 10. Terrain -- Pt. 11. The nine situations -- Pt. 12. The attack by fire -- Pt. 13. The use of spies N2 - Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been a vastly influential treatise on military strategy in the east from the time of China's Warring States Period (403-221 BC) onward. Though its first translation into a European language was only in 1782, the book's significance was quickly recognized and even such towering figures of Western history as Napoleon and General Douglas MacArthur have claimed it a source of inspiration. Pax Librorum (www.PaxLibrorum.com) now brings readers this highly accessible unannotated edition of Lionel Giles' definitive translation of Sun Tzu's enduring masterpiece ER -