The Book of War: Includes The Art of War by Sun Tzu & On War by Karl von Clausewitz
Publishing Details
The Book of War: Includes The Art of War by Sun Tzu & On War by Karl von Clausewitz
By (Author) Sun Tzu
By (author) Carl von Clausewitz
Introduction by Ralph Peters
Series edited by Caleb Carr
Random House USA Inc
Random House Inc
15th October 1999
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
355.02
Physical Properties
1024
Width 132mm, Height 203mm, Spine 56mm
822g
Description
Sun Tzu and the Art of War & Carl von Clausewitz on war. Two seminal works on war in one volume
Author Bio
Sun Tzu lived in China in the fourth century B.C., serving as a court minister during the Warring States period. He delivered his pronouncements about war over the course of his career, but his words were recorded by other hands.
Karl Von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian soldier who fought in the Moscow campaigns of 1812 and 1813. He spent over a dozen years writing On War, dying before his book saw publication in 1832.
Ralph Peters is a retired army officer and the author of a noted book on strategy, Fighting for the Future: Will American Triumph He is also the author of the novelsThe Devil's Garden and Traitor.
