Sun Tzu's Art of War Plus Strategy against Terror: Ancient Wisdom for Today's War - Softcover

Gagliardi, Gary; Tzu, Sun

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1929194889 ISBN 13: 9781929194889

Verlag: Clearbridge Publishing, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Two books in one, the only award winning translation of Sun Tzu's The Art of War plus our award-winning stanza-by-stanza adaptation applying his principles to the war on terror. This second edition updates the book a decade after its first release to address recent changes in the Middle East including the recent invasion of Iraq by ISIS fundamentalists. This award-winning book adapts Sun Tzu's timeless principles to address today's military challenge of terrorism. Foreword Magazine's 2006 Book of the Year Finalist in Philosophy, Like all our adaptations, Sun Tzu's Art of War is on the left-hand pages with our application to terror on the facing right-hand pages. Unlike partisan views of the war on terror, this book follows Sun Tzu's principles stanza by stanza, examining the relevant issues as he would. What emerges in a unique picture of the war on terror that you cannot get anywhere else. For example, Sun Tzu tells us that all war are based on economics and forces us to examine the economic underpinnings of terrorist attacks. What is the real battle underlying terrorism? How does attacking civilians generate money for the terrorists? What will happen if the West refuses to engage terrorism. Table of Contents Author’s Forward to Second Edition Key Dates in Modern Islamic Terror Introduction: Strategy and Terror 1 Analysis Freedom versus Terror 2 Going to War The Economics of Terror 3 Planning an Attack Uniting against Terror 51 4 Positioning In Position to Attack Terror 5 Momentum Innovation against Terror 6 Weakness and Strength The Terrorists’ Weak Points 7 Armed Conflict Minimizing Destruction 8 Adaptability Shifting Our Priorities 9 Armed March Campaigning against Terror 10 Field Position Evaluating Our Options 11 Types of Terrain Responding to Terror 12 Attacking with Fire Fighting the Message War 13 Using Spies Acquiring Intelligence The Future: The Ten Keys to Winning Index of Topics in The Art of War Glossary of Key Concepts About the Translator and Author Other Art of War Books by Gary Gagliardi

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Biografía del autor

Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu or Sunzi, was an ancient Chinese military strategist believed to be the author of the acclaimed military text, The Art of War. Details about Sun Tzu s background and life are uncertain, although he is believed to have lived c. 544-496 BCE. Through The Art of War, Sun Tzu s theories and strategies have influenced military leaders and campaigns throughout time, including the samurai of ancient and early-modern Japan, and more recently Ho Chi Minh of the Viet Cong and American generals Norman Swarzkopf, Jr. and Colin Powell during the Persian Gulf War in the 1990s.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Clearbridge Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1929194889
• ISBN 13: 9781929194889
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar