The Art of War

Sun Tzu''s The Art of War has been a vastly influential treatise on military strategy in the east from the time of China''s Warring States Period (403-221 BC) onward. Though its first translation into a European language was only in 1782, the book''s significance was quickly recognized and even such towering figures of Western history as Napoleon and General Douglas MacArthur have claimed it a source of inspiration. Pax Librorum (www.PaxLibrorum.com) now brings readers this highly accessible unannotated edition of Lionel Giles'' definitive translation of Sun Tzu''s enduring masterpiece.