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Published by NY. 1998. Barnes & Noble by arrangement with Westview Press, 1998
ISBN 10: 0760706506ISBN 13: 9780760706503
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
black & red 1/2 cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. tiny spot on front cover. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). b&w frontis. calligraphy. xvii+392p. chronology of dynastic periods. notes to the introduction, translation and commentaries. bibliography of selected japanese and chinese works. glossary of names and selected chinese terms. about the book and translator. index. history of china. chinese literature. philosophy. military history. politics. ~ The enormous recent popularity in America of Sun~tzu's Art of War has heightened awareness of the great Chinese tradition of writing on the theory and practice of war. This tradition has always emphasized that warfare is as much the deployment of spiritual and mental forces as of combat forces, as much a matter of patience and attention as of brute strength. As a result, new generations of readers have found many of its precepts applicable to forms of struggle far from any actual battlefield. While it has brought this tradition greater exposure, the reception of Art of War threatens to overshadow and obscure the other significant texts that followed in its wake. Foremost among these is Military Methods ef the Art ef War, written in the fourth century B.C. by the purported great~grandson of Sun~tzu, the general Sun Pin. Military Methods is both an extension of the strategic philosophy of the earlier work and a development of a new strategic style~one that enabled Sun Pin to guide the armies of the province of Ch' i to decisive victories over their enemies in the battles of Kuei~ling and Ma~ling. Long believed lost, the text of Military Methods was recovered from a Han dynasty tomb in 1972. The salvaged original, fragmentary in nature, is divided into thirty~three sections covering such topics as unfavorable terrains, the origins of war, "guest" and "host" armies, "male" and "female" cities, and the ten strategic uses of cavalry. To bridge the gaps in the original, translator Ralph Sawyer, the leading authority on Chinese military history and its major texts, has provided extensive commentary and notes, as well as a detailed historical introduction.
Published by Westview, 1996., 1996
Seller: Military Books, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 278p. large format. remainder mark. Near Fine/Fine Copy.
Published by MetroBooks, New York, 2002
ISBN 10: 1586636081ISBN 13: 9781586636081
Seller: Lawrence Jones Books, Ashmore, QLD, Australia
Book
Hard Cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Reprint. xvii, 392pp, index, glossary, bibliography, notes, maps. Or black boards with red cloth spine in jacket. Slight edge wear to jacket. Represents both an extension of the strategic philosophy of Sun-Tzu's Art of War and a development of a new strategic style. Size: 8vo.
Published by Metro Books, New York, 2002
ISBN 10: 1586636081ISBN 13: 9781586636081
Seller: Ryde Bookshop Ltd, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Minor creases wear on jacket.
Published by 2005. Ed. Gandhi.,, 2005
Seller: SoferBooks, Barcelona, BARCE, Spain
Tapa Blanda. Condition: Buen Estado. Dust Jacket Condition: Buen Estado.
Published by 2005. Ed. Gandhi., 2014
ISBN 10: 9875020095ISBN 13: 9789875020092
Book
. . . 1 Vol. . 240 pp. Cuarto Mayor. Rústica. . Buen estado de conservación. Primera edición.
Published by Neri Pozza Editore, Vicenza, 1999
ISBN 10: 8873057276ISBN 13: 9788873057277
Seller: Di Mano in Mano Soc. Coop, Cambiago, Italy
Book
Brossura. Traduzione, introduzione storica e commento di Ralph D. Sawyer, con la collaborazione di Mei-chün Lee Sawyer.Traduzione italiana di Stefano Di Marino.Saggio introduttivo di Alessandro Corneli. Numero di tavole: 0 pp.315 9788873057277 altezza 22 larghezza 0 Esemplare in buone condizioni.Copertina con lieve ingiallimento, tracce di polvere e segni di usura ai bordi e agli angoli.Tagli ingialliti e con lievi macchie di polvere.Pagine ingiallite.Legatura leggermente scollata.