The Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China

by Ralph D. Sawyer

Overview

This is the definitive book on ancient military principles that is strikingly relevant on the War on Terror, the war in Iraq and the rise of China as a geopolitical power.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465072057
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	02/13/2007
Pages:	512
Sales rank:	523,480
Product dimensions:	6.25(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ralph D. Sawyer, one of America's leading scholars in Chinese warfare, has worked extensively with major intelligence and defense agencies. After studying at MIT and Harvard and a brief stint of university teaching, Sawyer has spent the past thirty years lecturing and doing international consulting work focused on China.

Table of Contents

Preface     ix
A Note on Pronunciation     xiii
Dynastic Chronology     xv
Historical Experience and Formulations
Incipient Beginnings     3
Spring and Autumn Precursors     17
Sun-tzu's Definitive Formulation     55
Warring States Commanders     69
Warring States Explications     83
Han Dynasty Realizations     97
Three Kingdoms     135
Northern and Southern Dynasties Exemplars     163
Sui and T'ang Conflicts     189
Theory in the Three Kingdoms and Early T'ang     213
Sung Dynasty Theoretical Developments     253
The Ming and Beyond     297
Modern Theories and Implications
Traditional Wisdom Revitalized     323
Modern Embodiments and Implications     375
Notes     403
Selected Bibliographies     451
Selected Index     477
Also by Ralph D. Sawyer     487