Артикул: p6608197
Характеристики
- Издательство: Wordsworth Editions
- Год издания:2017
- Жанр: Книги на английском языке
- ISBN:978-1-85326-779-6
- Формат: 126x196 мм
- Вес: 170 г
Описание
The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years. "The Art of War" is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured. "The Book of Lord Shang" is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .