The Art of War.The Art of War Sun Tzu Sun Tzu (s  n dz), fl. c.500–320. B.C. (translated by Samuel B. Griffith Brigidier General Samuel B. Griffith (May 31, 1906 - March 27, 1983), was an officer and commander in the United States Marine Corps. Griffith entered the Marines in 1929 after graduating from the United States Naval Academy. ) [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] This new and illustrated edition of the 500 BC Chinese philosophy Chinese philosophy was philosophy written in the Chinese tradition of thought. Chinese philosophy has a history of several thousand years; its origins are often traced back to the Yi Jing (the Book of Changes classic is all decked out for the 21st century. Tzu's essays form the earliest known treatises on the subject, but have never been surpassed in comprehensiveness and depth of understanding. The only military thinker that is even comperable, Clausewitz, sounds dated and antiquated when compared to Tzu, despite having written on the subject over 2,000 years later. This red and gold-embossed hardcover features an entertaining and anecdotal biography of Tzu, a preface by the translator and appendices ap·pen·di·ces n. A plural of appendix. containing biographies on the commentators and Wu Ch'i's 'Art of War,' an assemblage assemblage: see collage. assemblage Three-dimensional construction made from household materials such as rope and newspapers or from any found materials. of strategies designed by that man compiled after his execution in 381 BC. Wu Ch'i was always associated with Sun Tzu. The book contains all of the original essays, including Estimates, Waging War, Offensive Strategy, Dispositions, Energy and The Nine Varieties of Ground. Cover art courtesy Raincoast Books. |
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