Samuel B. Griffith

arte de la guerra, el

Sunzi

Sun Tzu

The masterpiece of the sage Sun Tzu is a military treatise written in China more than 2500 years ago. He recognized that we live in a world of conflict, which could not be ignored or denied but had to be mastered and understood. Sun Tzu's profound wisdom is not limited to military applications - his aphorisms offer important advice for dealing with other realms of human conflict, such as the pyschological tensions of everyday life and the difficulties of any joint endeavour, including business ventures. Arranged into 13 chapters from Estimates to the Employment of Secret Agents, and enhanced by beautiful calligraphy, The Art of War is more relevant now than ever.

The Art of War

Mao Zedong

Mao Tse-Tung on Guerilla Warfare

On Guerilla Warfare

Sunzi, 6th cent. B.C

Practical ancient wisdom on how to beat aggression by non-aggression-with key lessons for business.The masterpiece of the sage Sun Tzu is a military treatise written in China more than 2,500 years ago. He recognized that we live in a world of conflict, which could not be ignored or denied but had to be understood and mastered. Sun Tzu's profound wisdom is not limited to military applications: his aphorisms offer important advice for dealing with other realms of human conflict, such as the psychological tensions of everyday life and the difficulties of any joint endeavour, including business ventures.Arranged into 13 chapters, from "Estimates" to "Employment of Secret Agents," and enhanced by beautiful calligraphy, The Art of War is more relevant now than ever.

The New

Sun Zi

Die Kunst des Krieges

The Battle for Guadalcanal

Zi Sun

Francis Wang

Il y a vingt-cinq siècles, dans la Chine des " Royaumes combattants ", était rédigé le premier traité sur " l'art de la guerre ". Sur son auteur, Sun Tzu, l'histoire ne fournit que quelques traits biographiques et peut-être sont-ils mêlés de légende. Mais son ouvrage, d'une concision admirable et toujours perceptible malgré les adjonctions des commentateurs, a été et demeure au centre de la pensée militaire d'Extrême-Orient. A la différence de Clausewitz, Sun Tzu ne fait pas de la grandiose bataille d'anéantissement le sommet de l'art du stratège. Si l'on peut détruire l'ennemi, on se jette sur lui ; mais la " duperie ", c'est-à-dire la guerre totale du mensonge, peut faire mieux encore... Il faut lire Sun Tzu comme un grand classique empreint de sagesse, mais aussi comme la clé d'une meilleure compréhension de la pensée politique chinoise d'aujourd'hui.

L'art de la guerre

Masterful pacing, vivid character sketches, and gripping action blend with rigorous historical detail in Samuel B. Griffith's The Battle for Guadalcanal. Launched on August 7, 1942, to protect Allied control of the strategic South Pacific islands, the Guadalcanal operation was the most costly American offensive of World War II in the history of the U.S. Navy up to that time. Griffith, who fought with Edson's Raiders on Guadalcanal, describes in gritty detail the vicious close-range fighting, the valiant defense of the Henderson Field airstrip, and the dramatic naval engagements that led, in February 1943, to an American victory. Drawing on American and Japanese sources, Griffith delineates the strategic decisions that shaped the conflict as well as the determination and endurance of combatants on both sides. A breathtaking narrative of military action anchored by a historian's objectivity, The Battle for Guadalcanal is a story of raw courage, desperate measures, and ultimate triumph.

Including both attention to strategic policies in Britain and France and personal accounts of colonial soldiers, The War for American Independence provides an unprecedented view of America's struggle for independence in its world context. With wit, clarity, and dramatic effect, Samuel B. Griffith II vivifies the characters and incidents of the period on both sides of the Atlantic, drawing from personal diaries and letters, newspaper accounts, and detailed battle maps to create a unique alternative to standard histories of the period. This enduring and exceptionally readable resource, first published in 1976 under the title In Defense of the Public Liberty: Britain, America, and the Struggle for Independence from 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781, was honored with the Sons of Liberty Award for the best book on the American Revolution.

Samuel B. Griffith

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