Seventeen year old Huang Fu-Wen has been sent to America to avoid possible arrest in China, bringing with him a secret he must keep to himself or face permanent exile or execution.
The Art of War
Richard Overy plumbs over 3,000 years of history, from the Fall of Troy in 1200 BC to the Fall of Baghdad in 2003, to locate the 100 battles that he believes the most momentous.
Here are two books in one: McNeilly's synthesis of Sun Tzu's ideas into six strategic principles for the business executive, plus the text of Samuel B. Griffith's popular translation of The Art of War.
In this book, I will explore and investigate as best as I can strategies and tactics recorded in the bible and apocryphal texts that demonstrate or advise one on how to prevail against the spiritual forces arrayed against us.
Comments include those by Harper Lee on technology and Leon Trotsky on art, to Demosthenes on opportunity and J.K Rowling on parents. For this new edition, over 180 subjects have been updated with new quotations from more than 200 people.
Contains the 6th century B.C. Chinese commander's classic work on the art of warfare, the relationship between war and politics, and diplomacy, and the Prussian soldier's classic work on the nature of war and the conditions which require it ...
Antigonus placed Demetrius in command of his heavy cavalry on one wing with the light cavalry held back on the other . ... been dealt with at leisure ” ( Billows , Antigonos the One - Eyed and the Creation of the Hellenistic State , p .
People are increasingly aware of their rights, have more money and are less willing to let things go.While not encouraging you to back away from the legal disputes that you can win, this book will give you the foresight to avoid or minimise ...
This edition also contains a full commentary on Sun Tzu, the man and his ideas, contemporary of Confucius and Buddha; and a critical guide to further reading. This is the perfect introduction to one of the world's best-known classics.
CHAPTER IX CONN OF THE HUNDRED BATTLES The celebrated Conn of the Hundred Battles was a son of Feid- limid, the son of Tuathal — though he did not immediately succeed Feidlimid. Between them reigned Cathair Mor, who was the father of ...