Sun Tzu in the West

by Peter Lorge

Book Overview

It would be hard to overstate the impact of Sun Tzu's The Art of War on military thought. Beyond its impact in Asia, the work has been required reading in translation for US military personnel since the Cold War. Sun Tzu has been interpreted as arguing for 'Indirect Strategy' in contrast to 'Direct Strategy, ' the latter idea stemming from Ancient Greece. This is a product of twentieth-century Western thinking, specifically that of Liddell Hart, who...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108822460
• ISBN13: 9781108822466
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"