Deciphering Sun Tzu : how to read 'The art of war' /

As the People's Republic's seemingly inexorable rise to economic and military power continues, never has the need for a better grasp of Chinese strategic thought by the West been more acute. In Deciphering Sun Tzu, Derek Yuen seeks to reclaim for the reader the hidden contours and lost Chi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Yuen, Derek M. C. (Autor)
Otros Autores: Sunzi, active 6th century B.C
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]
Temas:
Sunzi, > active 6th century B.C. > Sunzi bing fa > Criticism and interpretation.
Sunzi bing fa (Sunzi)
Military art and science > China > Early works to 1800.
Art et science militaires > Chine > Ouvrages avant 1800.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Military art and science
China
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-title
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chronology
  • Introduction: Sun Tzu in the West
  • What Translations of The Art of War Can't Do
  • Aim and Scope
  • Organization of the Book
  • A Note on the Translation, Pronunciation, and Definition
  • 1. The System of Chinese Strategic Thought
  • Chinese Strategic Thought: Assumptions
  • The Chinese Use of Paradox/Contradiction
  • The Horizontal Dimension of Chinese Strategic Thought
  • 1. The School of Strategy (quan mou)
  • 2. The School of Operations and Tactics (hsing and shih)
  • 3. The School of Yin and Yang
  • 4. The School of Technology
  • Sun Tzu and the Four Schools
  • The Four Schools and Modern Strategy
  • The Four Schools and a General Theory of Strategy
  • The Vertical Dimension of Chinese Strategic Thought
  • Heaven and Earth: A Necessary Step toward the Tao
  • The Tao: The Whole System as One
  • Conclusion
  • 2. The Genesis of The Art of War
  • The State of Qi (Ch'i) and Sun Tzu
  • Tai Gong (T'ai Kung)
  • The Culture of Qi
  • Guan Zhong and Qi's Rise to Hegemony
  • Sun Tzu and his Zeitgeist
  • The Rise of Deception as the Key Principle of Warfare
  • Toward a New Form of Warfare
  • Bifurcation of Officials and Generals in the State
  • Lao Tzu
  • Conclusion
  • 3. From Sun Tzu and Lao Tzu: The Completion of Chinese Strategic Thought
  • 'Tao Te Ching' as a Strategic Text
  • From Sun Tzu to Lao Tzu: The Origin
  • From Sun Tzu to Lao Tzu: The Transformation
  • The Taoist Methodology
  • The Water Metaphors and the Condition-Consequence Approach
  • From the Water Metaphor to the Theory of Tao
  • The Taoist Worldview
  • The Taoist Statecraft and Grand Strategy
  • Conclusion
  • 4. Deciphering Sun Tzu
  • Clausewitz and Sun Tzu: Their Views on the Complexities of War
  • Trinitarian Analysis: Sun Tzu's Version
  • Certain to Win.
  • "Know thy Self, Know thy Enemy"
  • "Master of the Enemy's Fate"
  • Controlling the Negative Feedback
  • Controlling the Positive Feedback
  • A Theory of Control
  • 5. The Successors of Sun Tzu in the West
  • Basil H. Liddell Hart: Rediscovering Sun Tzu
  • "The Indirect Approach"
  • The Condition-Consequence Approach
  • Grand Strategy
  • John Boyd: The American Sun Tzu
  • Theme
  • Strategy
  • Conclusion
  • 6. On Chinese Strategic Culture
  • Chinese Strategic Culture as a Western Construct
  • From Mao's Way of War to the Taoist Way of War
  • Johnston and Scobell: One or Two Strategic Culture(s)?
  • Chinese Strategic Culture and Chinese Strategic Thought
  • Conclusion
  • Theorizing War: Chinese and Western Thought
  • Toward a General Theory of Strategy: Cases of Mao and Boyd
  • Understanding Chinese Strategic Thought as a Philosophical and Cultural Undertaking
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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