The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military treatise by Sun Tzu, a high-ranking military general, strategist and tactician. The text is composed of 13 chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare. It is commonly thought of as a definitive work on military strategy and tactics. For the last two thousand years it remained the most important military treatise in Asia, where even the common people knew it by name. It has had an influence on Eastern and Western military thinking, business tactics, legal strategy and beyond. The book was first translated into the French language in 1772 by French Jesuit Jean Joseph Marie Amiot and a partial translation into English was attempted by British officer Everard Ferguson Calthrop in 1905. However, the most popular (and accurate) English language translation was completed by Lionel Giles in 1910. Leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong, General Vo Nguyen Giap, General Douglas MacArthur and leaders of Imperial Japan have drawn inspiration from the work. This edition has 380 footnotes, an introduction, and brief biographies on the 11 main commentators on Sun Tzu's work.--Publisher's description.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Date published
- 2020.
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 355.02
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9781774374955 9781774374931
- LCCN
- U101
- LCCN Item number
- S93213 2020eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaBNVSL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (97 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00241335 (OCoLC)1191073770 (CaOOCEL)459221
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaBNVSL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 3
- Contents 5
- Introduction 7
- 1 - Laying Plans 9
- 2 - Waging War 13
- 3 - Attack by Stratagem 17
- 4 - Tactical Dispositions 22
- 5 - Energy 26
- 6 - Weak Points and Strong 31
- 7 - Maneuvering 37
- 8 - Variation in Tactics 44
- 9 - The Army on the March 49
- 10 - Terrain 58
- 11 - The Nine Situations 64
- 12 - The Attack by Fire 81
- 13 - The Use of Spies 86
- The Commentators 93
- Explore Other Engage Classic Titles 98
