false 117025 2 Civilization might have been spared much of the damage suffered in the world wars this century if the influence of Clausewitz's <i>On War</i>  had been blended with and balanced by a knowledge of Sun-tzu's <i>The Art of Warfare</i>.  --B.H. Liddel Hart<br><br>For two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfare was the indispensable volume of warcraft. Although his work is the first known analysis of war and warfare, Sun-tzu struck upon a thoroughly modern concept: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting."        Karl von Clausewitz, the canny military theorist who famously declared that war is a continuation of politics by other means, also claims paternity of the notion "total war."   His is the magnum opus of the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic vars.<br><br>Now these two great military minds are made to share the same tent, metaphorically speaking, in <b>The Book of War</b>. What a bivouac it is, and what a conversation into the night.<br><br>Military writer Ralph Peters has written a new Introduction for this Modern Library edition. 112693 22 2 2000 The Book of War : Sun-Tzu's "The Art of War" & Karl Von Clausewitz's "On War" total:21|5:8|4:6|3:7| 21 85 46 6 4 0 false false Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Oct 06 11:52:49 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 11:55:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 03 16:35:32 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 16:35:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 15 05:50:57 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 05:51:01 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Sep 22 15:43:05 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 15:44:00 -0700 2008
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