Table of Contents

Introduction

Planning
Case study: Sicily, 1943, by Kevin Dougherty

Waging War
Case study: Zama, 202 BCE, by Ralph Ashby

Strategic Offence
Case study: Granicus, 334 BCE, by Miles Doleac

Deployment
Case study: Gulf War, 1991, by Stephen Hart

Momentum
Case study: Vistula–Oder Offensive, 1945, by Stephen Hart

The Substantial and the Insubstantial
Case study: Somalia, 1993, by Kevin Dougherty

Manoeuvres against the Enemy
Case study: Mohi, 1241, by Stephen Turnbull

The Nine Variables
Case study: Mobei, 119 BCE, by Ralph Ashby

On the March
Case study: Jena–Auerstädt, 1806, by Frederick C. Schneid

Terrain
Case study: Gettysburg, 1863, by Kevin Dougherty

The Nine Types of Ground
Case study: Stalingrad, 1942–43, by Stephen Hart

Attacking with Fire
Case study: Ia Drang, 1965, by Kevin Dougherty

Using Spies
Case study: Shimabara, 1638, by Stephen Turnbull

Contributors
Index

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About the Author

Sun Tzu (also known as Sunzi) was traditionally thought by historians to have been born around 544BCE, and that he later served as a general leading the forces of King He Lü of Wu, one of the seven Warring States of Eastern China during the Spring and Autumn period, and The Art of War is based on his many victories, although modern scholarship suggests the book may have been written later. James Trapp is the author of Chinese Characters: The Art and Meaning of Hanzi, Chinese Proverbs and also has translated a new edition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War. A Chinese language graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, he teaches and translates Mandarin and is a former Education Officer at the British Museum.