Making plans -- Waging war -- Strategic attacks -- Tactical dispositions -- Energy -- Targets -- Battle maneuvers -- Tactical variations -- On the march -- Terrain -- The nine situations -- Attack by fire -- Spies.
Summary:
An entertaining graphic adaptation of the oldest military treatise in the world. Hailed as the oldest philosophical discussion on military strategy, Sun Tzu's The Art of War has been adapted as a graphic novel by award-winning illustrator Pete Katz. In this collectible thread-bound edition, the narrative focuses on a teacher instructing a pupil on the main points of Sun Tzu's treatise, with vibrant battle scenes interspersed throughout. Issues such as planning, tactics, maneuvering, and spying are demonstrated in the full-color scenes, so that readers can envision how military goals are achieved using principles from the fifth century BC.
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