China's Military Classics

By Waldron, Arthur

Book Id: WPLBN0000704423
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 640.33 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	China's Military Classics
Author:	Waldron, Arthur
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Asian literature, Writing.
Collections:	e-Asia Digital Library Collection
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Publisher:	University of Oregon Libraries; e-Asia Digital Library


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Excerpt: The difference between Western and Chinese ways of war, if there is one, will probably be found in differing emphases on the material as opposed to the mental aspects of conflict. Western military history is an account of ever larger armies and technological breakthroughs. The Chinese tradition, by contrast, with technology often changing very little over long periods of time, stresses strategy and psychological advantage as keys to success. Hence the verdicts of their theorists: for Clausewitz war is an act of force; for Sun Tzu--as will be seen in some of the translations--war is above all the art of deception.