Art of War: X. Terrain

Sun Tzu said: We may distinguish six kinds of terrain, to wit: (1) Accessible ground; (2) entangling ground; (3) temporizing ground; (4) narrow passes; (5) precipitous heights;…

Art of War: IX. The Army on the March

Sun Tzu said: We come now to the question of encamping the army, and observing signs of the enemy. Pass quickly over mountains, and keep in the…

Art of War: VIII. Variation in Tactics

Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign, collects his army and concentrates his forces When in difficult country, do not encamp.…

Art of War: VII. Maneuvering

Sun Tzu said: In war, the general receives his commands from the sovereign. Having collected an army and concentrated his forces, he must blend and harmonize the…

Art of War: V. Energy

Sun Tzu said: The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of…

Art of War: IV. Tactical Dispositions

Sun Tzu said: The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy. To…

Art of War: III. Attack by Stratagem

Sun Tzu said: In the practical art of war, the best thing of all is to take the enemy’s country whole and intact; to shatter and destroy…

Art of War: II. Waging War

Sun Tzu said: In the operations of war, where there are in the field a thousand swift chariots, as many heavy chariots, and a hundred thousand mail-clad…

Art of War: I. Laying Plans

Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State. It is a matter of life and death, a road either to…