Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Cleary, Thomas frey50

The lost art of war / Sun Tzu II ; translated with commentary by Thomas Cleary. - 1st ed. - New York HarperSanFrancisco, c1996. - vi, 154 p. ; 22 cm.

The lost art of war : Sun Bin's Art of War -- The capture of Pang Juan -- [When Master Sun met King Wei, he said, "A militia is not to rely on a fixed formation; this is the way transmitted by kings of yore"] -- Questions of King Wei -- Tian Ji asks about ramparts -- Elite troops -- Timing combat -- Eight battle formations -- Terrain and security -- Configurations of force and strategic planning -- Military conditions -- Practicing selection -- Killing soldiers -- Prolonging energy -- Official posts -- Strengthening the military -- Ten battle formations -- Ten questions -- [Title lost] -- Distinction between aggressors and defenders -- Experts -- Five descriptions and five courtesies -- Mistakes in warfare -- Justice in commanders -- Effectiveness in commanders -- Failings in commanders -- Losses of commanders -- Strong and weak cities -- [When reinforcements arrive, they can be beaten too] -- [The concentrated prevail over the scattered, the full prevail over the empty, the wift prevail over the slow, the many prevail over the few, the rested prevail over the weary] -- Surprise and straightforwardness -- Leadership, organization, and strategy : how Sun Tzu and Sun Tzu II complement each other.

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Military art and science
Strategy

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