Book contents
- Sun Tzu in the West
- Sun Tzu in the West
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Brief History of Sunzi in China
- 2 Journey to the West
- 3 The Armchair Captain
- 4 Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek, and World War II
- 5 The China Marines
- 6 The Captain Who Taught a General
- 7 “The Concentrated Essence of Wisdom on the Conduct of War”
- 8 The Reaction to Griffith’s Sunzi Translation
- 9 Robert Asprey, John Boyd, and Sunzi
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 November 2022
Book contents
- Sun Tzu in the West
- Sun Tzu in the West
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 A Brief History of Sunzi in China
- 2 Journey to the West
- 3 The Armchair Captain
- 4 Stilwell, Chiang Kai-shek, and World War II
- 5 The China Marines
- 6 The Captain Who Taught a General
- 7 “The Concentrated Essence of Wisdom on the Conduct of War”
- 8 The Reaction to Griffith’s Sunzi Translation
- 9 Robert Asprey, John Boyd, and Sunzi
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Speaking on the floor of the United States Senate in 2008 regarding her frustrations with the extensive, but ultimately, she feared, indecisive, discussions of the Climate Security Act, Senator Maria Cantwell remarked, “As Sun Tzu said in the ‘Art of War,’ ‘the journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’.”
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- Sun Tzu in the WestThe Anglo-American Art of War, pp. 1 - 17Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022