{"product_id":"the-art-of-war-sun-tzu-9781853267796","title":"The Art of War \/ The Book of Lord Shang","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTranslated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sun Tzu, Shang Yang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1853267791\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781853267796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wordsworth Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Sun Tzu","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994339115263,"sku":"9781853267796","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad409ffe-3c98-4f4a-a4e3-b4f94a38a6a4.jpg?v=1683329556","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-war-sun-tzu-9781853267796","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}