Sun Tzu
    The Art of War (Sun Tzu Ping-Fa)

    China 550 - 350 B.C.
    - Political, Economic, Military Change
    - Rise of Bureaucratic States
    - RMA
    - Increasing Intensity and Violence of War
    - Role of Philosopher - Advisors
    - The Axial Age

    Master Sun of Wu
    Art of War c.400 - 350 B.C.
    Advisor on National Strategy and War
    Later Commentators

     Shape a Strategic Advantage
    Strategic Estimate - To gauge th outcome of war - appraise the situation based on 5 criteria and assess the strength of both sides
    Strategic Advantage -

    Shih  (Strategic Advantage)
    Chieh  (Timing)
    Hsing  (Shape)
    Hsu  (Void/Weakess)
    Shih   (Solid/Strength)
    Orthodox and Unorthodox Forces   cheng & ch' i
    Generally in battle use the orthodox forces to engage the enemy and unorthodox forces to win the victory.
    Deception - All warfare is based on deception.
    Winning Without Fighting
    - The highest excellence is to subdue the enemy without fighting. Therefore, the best military policy is to attack the enemy's strategy.

    Chinese Classical Military Theory Sites

    Project Gutenberg (Free Plain Vanilla Electronic Texts) Sun Tzu (Complete Giles translation with the original commentary): http://www.triton.cc.il.us/undergrad_ctr/files/sunzu10.html
    Copyright-expired electronic texts; the art of war (another complete Giles): http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/war/index.html
    Lionel Giles Translation: http://www.clark.net/pub/klaatu/sun-tzu.html
    Giles Translation: http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html
    Sun Tzu on The Art of War (another Giles translation): http://all.net/books/tzu/tzu.html
    Sun Tzu On The Art of War (another Giles translation): http://www.kimsoft.com/polwar.htm
    The Art of War [unknown translator; not Giles]: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/thigpen/html/art_of_war.html
    Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Site with many links): http://www.ccnet.com/~suntzu75/suntzu.htm
    Sun Tzu's Chinese Philosophy Page: http://mars.superlink.net/user/fsu/
    Sun Tzu and The Art of War by Tim Holt: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/DiplomacyWorld/hoyt2.htm (Originally published in the War Game magazine DiplomacyWorld)
    SUN TZU: TAOW, ROGUE SPEAR (wargamer site): http://www.wargamer.com/pie4foo/articles/suntzu.html
    The Sun Tzu and the Art of Business Homepage: The Business Strategist's Headquarters: http://www.cazmedia.com/suntzu/

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