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Finally available in paperback, Ralph D. Sawyer's matchless study of traditional Chinese warfare. One of the most deep studies of warfare ever written, The Seven Armed service Classics of Ancient China reveals us with an Eastern custom of proper thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through quickness, stealth, overall flexibility, and at the least force - a strategy completely different from that pressured in the Western world, where the advantages of brute power have overshadowed more refined methods.Safeguarded for years and years by the ruling elites of imperial China, even in modern times, these writings have been known to only a small number of Western specialists. In this particular size are seven separate essays, written between 500 B.C. and A.D. 700, that maintain the essential tenets of strategy distilled from the knowledge of the very most outstanding warriors of traditional China. This appropriate translation remedies a significant gap in American understanding of Asian thought. Based on the best available traditional Chinese manuscripts, some only just lately uncovered by archaeologists, The Seven Armed service Classics of Ancient China is a exclusively important contribution to the world's military literature and is essential reading for anybody enthusiastic about China's rich ethnical heritage or in the classic concepts of successful warfare strategy.
