Sun Tzu and the art of modern warfare /

Sun Tzu and the art of modern warfare /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McNeilly, Mark, author.
Edition:	Updated edition.
Imprint:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2015] ©2015
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Sunzi, -- active 6th century B.C. -- Sunzi bing fa. Sunzi bing fa (Sunzi) Military art and science. Military art and science -- Case studies. Military art and science. Electronic books. Case studies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12015747

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Other uniform titles:	Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. Sunzi bing fa. English. 2014.
ISBN:	9780199393800 019939380X 9780190252717 0190252715
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 6, 2014).
Summary:	Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu's 'The Art of War' has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwarzkopf. However, having been written 2000 years ago, the book can be somewhat daunting to the modern reader. This book has extracted the 6 concepts most applicable to modern warfare, making them easy to understand and to apply to military situations. This updated edition reflects on all that has happened in the past ten years, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the challenge of Iran, the 'Arab Spring', and the continued rise of China.
Other form:	Print version : 9780199957859

Table of Contents:

Introduction: The relevance of Sun Tzu to modern warfare
Win all without fighting: achieving the objective without destroying it
Avoid strength, attack weakness: striking where the enemy is most vulnerable
Deception and foreknowledge: winning the information war
Speed and preparation: moving swiftly to overcome resistance
Shaping the enemy: preparing the battlefield
Character-based leadership: leading by example
The "global war on terror"
8. Ancient principles for future battlefields.