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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/8425879 Title: The art of war Author: Sunzi; Samuel B Griffith Publisher: London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971. ISBN/ISSN: 9780195014761 0195014766 OCLC:8425879

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The art of war

Author:	Sunzi; Samuel B Griffith
Publisher:	London ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1971.
Series:	A Galaxy Book; UNESCO collection of representative works., Chinese series.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	An ancient Chinese treatise on war stresses the importance of speed, sound tactics, subterfuge, discipline, appropriate form of attack, and accurate intelligence.
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Subjects	Military art and science -- Early works to 1800. Military art and science. Warfare -- Theories
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Genre/Form:	Early works Early works to 1800
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Sunzi; Samuel B Griffith Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780195014761 0195014766
OCLC Number:	8425879
Notes:	This translation originally published 1963. Revision of the translator's thesis (Ph. D.--Oxford University, 1960). "... study of the ... indicates a date of composition during the fourth century B.C. ... In the last quarter of the eighteenth century [the 11th century 'official' edition] this was revised and annotated by Sun Hsing-yen, .... His edition has since been considered standard in China and my translation is based on it."--Preface.
Description:	xvi, 197 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 21 cm.
Contents:	Sun Tzu and the concubines -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Translation -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- Maps. Ch'un-Ch'iu period -- The contending states : boundaries of 350 B.C.
Series Title:	A Galaxy Book; UNESCO collection of representative works., Chinese series.
Other Titles:	Sunzi bing fa.
Responsibility:	Sun Tzu ; translated and with an introduction by Samuel B. Griffith ; with a foreword by B.H. Liddell Hart.
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