
SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR - THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD - Translated from the Chinese By LIONEL GILES, M.A. (1910)
I. LAYING PLANS
II. WAGING WAR
III. ATTACK BY STRATAGEM
IV. TACTICAL DISPOSITIONS
V. ENERGY
VI. WEAK POINTS AND STRONG
VII. MANŒUVERING
VIII. VARIATION OF TACTICS
IX. THE ARMY ON THE MARCH
Text only, no commentary. The commentary can be found in #132.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (61K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2005-12-28
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

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