The Art Of War. The Book Of Lord Shang

The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years. The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured. The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Author:Sun Tzu - Сунь-Цзы

Publisher:Wordsworth Editions

Language:English

Publication Date:1998

Number of pages:243 pst

Format:Paperback

Width:130 mm / 5,1'

Height:195 mm / 7,7'

Weight:168 g

ISBN:9781853267796