The 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. "The Art of War" 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. "The 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.....................................................
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Автор | Леонардо Шаша |
Жанр | Современная проза, Проза |
Год | 1982 |
Автор | Светлана Шипунова |
Жанр | Современная проза, Проза |
Год | 2005 |