THE ART OF WAR

Oxford University Press, London, 1971, reprint.  ISBN 0-19-501476-6.  Trade soft cover, 197 pages including Appendices, Bibliography and Index.  Very good; light edge and cover wear, tiny front corner bends; interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages, black & white frontis and maps; gently read if at all.  Translated and with an Introduction by Samuel B. Griffith.  ‘Written in China more than 2,000 years ago, Sun Tzu’s classic … is the first known study of the planning and conduct of military operations.  These terse, aphoristic essays are unsurpassed in depth of understanding, examining not only battlefield maneuvers, but also relevant economic, political, and psychological factors.  Indeed, the precepts outlined by Sun Tzu are regularly applied outside the realm of military theory.’ (from rear wrap)