The Art of War (Giles)
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Sun Tzu on the
Art of War
THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD
Translated from the Chinese
By LIONEL GILES, M.A. (1910)
Published by
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Published 2000
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| CONTENTS | ||
| I: | Laying Plans | 1 |
| II: | Waging War | 5 |
| III: | Attack by Stratagem | 8 |
| IV: | Tactical dispositions | 12 |
| V: | Energy | 15 |
| VI: | Weak Points and Strong | 19 |
| VII: | Maneuvering | 25 |
| VIII: | Variation in Tactics | 30 |
| IX: | The Army on the March | 33 |
| X: | Terrain | 40 |
| XI: | The Nine Situations | 46 |
| XII: | The Attack by Fire | 56 |
| XIII: | The Use of Spies | 59 |
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