The book of war / Tang Long.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Military organization of ancient China -- Ancient Chinese weapons and equipment -- Strategic cultural thinking -- Cultural paradigm -- Six arts, the making of a knight -- San Yang, the Iron Chancellor, architect of Imperial China -- Bai Chi, the most successful general in Chinese history -- Gan Luo, the diplomatic genius -- Kong Ming, the Chinese Leonardo da Vinci -- Wu Qi, the flawed perfect general -- Sun Bin and make them ride to the sound of the battle -- Zhao Ser and the great fake -- Yu Xu and deception, deception and more deception -- Xiang Yu and the strategy of smashed stoves and sunken ships -- The peasant and the warrior: the founding of the imperial Han empire -- The Bare Head Brigade, berserker troops of ancient China -- Psychological warfare, 285 BC -- Battle of the Red Cliff, the Salamis of ancient China -- Battle of Bo-ju, Sun Tzu's signature campaign -- Battle of Zui-li, the battle that Sun Tzu lost -- The path of vengeance -- Battle of Jin-yang, the end of the spring and autumn era -- Zheng He, the admiral -- Jing Ke, the death warrior -- Mo Dao, the forerunner of the samurai sword -- Chinese crossbows.

""The Book of War" chronicles the military organization, equipment, key personalities, and major campaigns that produced China. This book focuses predominantly on ancient Chinese military history from 500 BC to 200 BC. Military accomplishments and developments of that era left an indelible legacy in the field of warfare for ensuing generations to study and learn."--Provided by publisher.

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