books by Ralph D Sawyer

books by Ralph D Sawyer

books:

Ralph D Sawyer

The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China Of Ancient China (History and Warfare)

Basic Books, 2007

An oustanding addition to any library!
In considering Ralph Sawyer's translation of "The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China" one must look at the work from two angles. First, one must consider the quality of the translation, and how well the author has set the historical stage for the piece. Second, ...

The Essence Of War: Leadership And Strategy From The Chinese Military Classics

Ralph D Sawyer

Basic Books, 2004

Good book but lacks originality...
This book is an excellent compilation on Chinese military classics. The material is comprehensive and well organized. The only minor flaw is that it often uses passages from Sun Tzu's "Art of War" and Sun Pin's "Military Methods", which readers may already have in ...

The Essential Art of War

Sun-Tzu Ping-Fa

Basic Books, 2005

The Art of Strategic Placement.
If you are new to Sun Tzu then this is a very good place to start. It includes much of the original text and has many helpful insights from a true student of Sun Tzu, Ralph D. Sawyer. Ralph is a former student at Harvard and MIT, and a recognized expert in Military and ...

The Complete Art Of War: Sun Tzu/sun Pin (History and Warfare)

Sun-tzu

Basic Books, 1996

The teachings of the greatest military geniuses of all time.
Sun Tzu collected his teachings into the ancient Chinese treatise on military strategy known as "The Art of War" about twenty-five hundred years ago. Afterward his teachings were passed down through the Sun family, or a group of disciples, who edited or expounded upon ...

One Hundred Unorthodox Strategies: Battle And Tactics Of Chinese Warfare

Chi Liu

Westview Press, 1998

Definite keeper, where's my Hardcover?!?!?!?
This book is fantastic. Each chapter is a stategy illustrated by historical examples, followed by authors comments. Sawyer does not ruin the historical accounts with his own take on the interpretation of the event. This is happily so unlike the myriad of crummy ...

Military Culture in Imperial China

Harvard University Press, 2009

This volume explores the relationship between culture and the military in Chinese society from early China to the Qing empire, with contributions by eminent scholars aiming to reexamine the relationship between military matters and law, government, historiography, art, philosophy, literature, and politics. The book critically investigates ...

The Tao Of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory And Practice In Traditional China

Ralph D Sawyer

Basic Books, 2004

Informative, yet slow read.
An excellent, thoughroughly researched and well indexed tome on the history of the Chinese propensity for intelligence collection at all levels. This book combined with "Chinese Intelligence Operations" by Nicholas Eftimiades provides valuable insight into one of the ...

The Art of War

Sun Tzu

Recorded Books, 2003

Strategic Thinking
Individuals who find themselves uncomfortable with planning and strategizing - will find something engaging in this CD adaptation. After hearing Tony Soprano (HBO "The Sopranos") opine about this book, I had to get a copy myself. Difficult to understand at first, ...

The Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China

Ralph D. Sawyer

Basic Books, 2007

An enlightening look into the military history of China. . .
"The Tao of Deception" looks into the history of Chinese military strategy. Basically, each chapter covers a period of Chinese history or a reinterpretation of previous theory through the events of the period discussed. Of course everyone is familiar with Sun Tzu and ...

Sun Tzu: Art of War (History and Warfare)

Tzu Sun, Ralph D Sawyer, ...

Basic Books, 1994

A Valuable Keepsake
This, the hardback version of Ralph Sawyer's translation of the 2000 year old compendium of Eastern Rules of war is the perfect keepsake. It comes with ribbon cover jacket and all. Next to Karl von Clausewitz's "On Strategy," Sun Tzu's distilled lessons from the ...

The Six Secret Teachings on the Way of Strategy

Ralph D. Sawyer

Shambhala, 1997

Six Secret Teachings: The 1st Chinese Strategic Essay written by the Supreme Strategist.
Like to refer this book (??) as the ["Six Secret Strategies of Conflict"]. This classic is considered to be the 1st strategic essay written during Ancient China. Not to confuse the viewer. Will refer the writer as Jiang Tai Gong (???) (pin yin romanization) ...

The Tao of War

Wang Chen

Basic Books, 2002

Ian Myles Slater on: The Way of War and Peace
As discreetly acknowledged on the back cover, this book was originally published in hardcover as "The Tao of Peace." That edition, published by Shambhala, clearly identified itself on its cover as a translation of a work by the T'ang Dynasty general Wang Chen (about ...

The Art of War: New Translation (Fall River Press Edition)

Sun-tzu, Ralph D. Sawyer

Fall River Press, 1994

The best version of this classic available
Most of the time, it's best not to spend too much time actually reviewing classics. As a reviewer, there is not much more to add than to say that this book is a classic, and that history deems it so, and you should read it. I guess I should try to do better than ...

Ling Ch'i Ching: A Classic Chinese Oracle

Ralph D Sawyer

Basic Books, 2004

Ancient Wisdom from China / Antigua Sabiduría de China
This book is a real Oracle. It has oriented me several times in my life, with wise advices. I have been using the book of the Public Library for a long time, because I could not find it anywhere else. At last, I have achieved to buy it, and I recomend it to ...

Sun Pin: Military Methods (History and Warfare)

Ralph D Sawyer

Westview Press, 1995

Reading it is necessary to understand war.
Great book. It's full of valuable information and provides solid examples of what Sun-Tzu wrote about. The historical background that is given in the beginning is worth reading all by itself. It's also a really good translation. Some translators do more than just ...