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The Art of War
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Preface to the Project Gutenberg Etext Preface by Lionel Giles INTRODUCTION Sun Wu and his Book The Text of Sun Tzŭ The Commentators Appreciations of Sun Tzŭ Apologies for War Bibliography Chapter I. Laying plans Chapter II. Waging War Chapter III. Attack by Stratagem Chapter IV. Tactical Dispositions Chapter V. Energy Chapter VI. Weak Points and Strong Chapter VII Manœuvring Chapter VIII. Variation of Tactics Chapte…
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- AuthorSun Tzu
- SourceProject Gutenberg #132
- Length54,349 words
- Chapters7
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-02
Contents
7 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01Preface to the Project Gutenberg Etext
- 02Preface by Lionel Giles
- 03Sun Wu and his Book
- 04The Text of Sun Tzŭ
- 05The Commentators
- 06Appreciations of Sun Tzŭ
- 07Apologies for War
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