20%OFF
The Art of War: Sun Zi´s Military Methods
Sun Zi
€ 17.99
€ 14.40
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Art of War: Sun Zi´s Military Methods
Paperback. Translator(s): Mair, Victor H. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HPDF; JF; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations, and while numerous editions of the work exist, Victor Mair's translation is the first to remain true to the original structure and essential style of the text. Mair's fidelity to the original, along with his insightful commentary and reliance ... Read more
Compiled during the Warring States period of 475-221 B.C.E., The Art of War has had an enormous impact on the development of Chinese military strategy over the past two thousand years and occupies an important place in East Asian intellectual history. It is the first known attempt to formulate a rational basis for the planning and conduct of military operations, and while numerous editions of the work exist, Victor Mair's translation is the first to remain true to the original structure and essential style of the text. Mair's fidelity to the original, along with his insightful commentary and reliance ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Translations from the Asian Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133838
SKU
V9780231133838
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-18
About Sun Zi
Victor Mair is a graduate of Dartmouth College, the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, and Harvard University. He is professor of Chinese language and literature at the University of Pennsylvania and is the founder and editor of Sino-Platonic Papers, an academic journal that examines diverse aspects of Chinese language, script, and culture, paying particular ... Read more
Reviews for The Art of War: Sun Zi´s Military Methods
Mair provides insight on how this manual came to exist. Indianapolis Star Lean, clear, all fustian removed.
Donald Richie Japan Times Mair's excellent new translation of Sunzi's (Sun Tzu) Art of War... brings a new, and extremely useful perspective to the text.
Peter Lorge Journal of Military History
Donald Richie Japan Times Mair's excellent new translation of Sunzi's (Sun Tzu) Art of War... brings a new, and extremely useful perspective to the text.
Peter Lorge Journal of Military History