Ralph D. Sawyer, one of America's leading scholars in Chinese warfare, has worked extensively with major intelligence and defence agencies. After studying at MIT and Harvard and a brief stint of university teaching, Sawyer has spent the past thirty years lecturing and doing international consulting work focused on China.

• * Introduction * Estimates * Plans * Spies * Elite Forces * The Infantry * The Cavalry * Amphibious Strategies * Chariots * Trust * Instructions * Large Numbers * Small Numbers * Love * Awesomeness * Rewards * Punishment * The Host * The Guest * The Strong * The Weak * Arrogance * Alliances * Disposition * Strategic Power * Daylight * Night * Preparation * Provisions * Local Guides * Knowledge * Observers * Marshes * Contentious Terrain * Advantageous Terrain * Mountains * Valleys * Offense * Defense * Initiative * Response * The Unorthodox * The Orthodox * The Vacuous * The Substantial * Recklessness * Weightiness * Profit * Harm * Security * Danger * Fighting to the Death * Seeking Life * The Hungry * The Sated * Fatigue * Ease * Victory * Defeat * Advancing * Retreating * Provocation * Compulsion * The Distant * The Nearby * Rivers * Incendiary Strategies * Slowness * Quickness * Order * Disorder * Segmenting * Uniting * Anger * Spirit * Retreats * Pursuits * Refusing Battle * Inevitable Combat * Avoidance * Sieges * Utterances * Peace Negotiations * Enduring Attacks * Surrenders * The Heavens * The Human * The Difficult * The Easy * Bait * Estrangement * Doubt * The Impoverished * Wind * Snow * Nurturing Spirit * Fear * Letters * Change * Enthralled with Warfare * Forgetting Warfare

Ralph D. Sawyer, one of America's leading scholars in Chinese warfare, has worked extensively with major intelligence and defence agencies. After studying at MIT and Harvard and a brief stint of university teaching, Sawyer has spent the past thirty years lecturing and doing international consulting work focused on China.

• * Introduction * Estimates * Plans * Spies * Elite Forces * The Infantry * The Cavalry * Amphibious Strategies * Chariots * Trust * Instructions * Large Numbers * Small Numbers * Love * Awesomeness * Rewards * Punishment * The Host * The Guest * The Strong * The Weak * Arrogance * Alliances * Disposition * Strategic Power * Daylight * Night * Preparation * Provisions * Local Guides * Knowledge * Observers * Marshes * Contentious Terrain * Advantageous Terrain * Mountains * Valleys * Offense * Defense * Initiative * Response * The Unorthodox * The Orthodox * The Vacuous * The Substantial * Recklessness * Weightiness * Profit * Harm * Security * Danger * Fighting to the Death * Seeking Life * The Hungry * The Sated * Fatigue * Ease * Victory * Defeat * Advancing * Retreating * Provocation * Compulsion * The Distant * The Nearby * Rivers * Incendiary Strategies * Slowness * Quickness * Order * Disorder * Segmenting * Uniting * Anger * Spirit * Retreats * Pursuits * Refusing Battle * Inevitable Combat * Avoidance * Sieges * Utterances * Peace Negotiations * Enduring Attacks * Surrenders * The Heavens * The Human * The Difficult * The Easy * Bait * Estrangement * Doubt * The Impoverished * Wind * Snow * Nurturing Spirit * Fear * Letters * Change * Enthralled with Warfare * Forgetting Warfare

Ralph D. Sawyer, one of America's leading scholars in Chinese warfare, has worked extensively with major intelligence and defence agencies. After studying at MIT and Harvard and a brief stint of university teaching, Sawyer has spent the past thirty years lecturing and doing international consulting work focused on China.

• * Introduction * Estimates * Plans * Spies * Elite Forces * The Infantry * The Cavalry * Amphibious Strategies * Chariots * Trust * Instructions * Large Numbers * Small Numbers * Love * Awesomeness * Rewards * Punishment * The Host * The Guest * The Strong * The Weak * Arrogance * Alliances * Disposition * Strategic Power * Daylight * Night * Preparation * Provisions * Local Guides * Knowledge * Observers * Marshes * Contentious Terrain * Advantageous Terrain * Mountains * Valleys * Offense * Defense * Initiative * Response * The Unorthodox * The Orthodox * The Vacuous * The Substantial * Recklessness * Weightiness * Profit * Harm * Security * Danger * Fighting to the Death * Seeking Life * The Hungry * The Sated * Fatigue * Ease * Victory * Defeat * Advancing * Retreating * Provocation * Compulsion * The Distant * The Nearby * Rivers * Incendiary Strategies * Slowness * Quickness * Order * Disorder * Segmenting * Uniting * Anger * Spirit * Retreats * Pursuits * Refusing Battle * Inevitable Combat * Avoidance * Sieges * Utterances * Peace Negotiations * Enduring Attacks * Surrenders * The Heavens * The Human * The Difficult * The Easy * Bait * Estrangement * Doubt * The Impoverished * Wind * Snow * Nurturing Spirit * Fear * Letters * Change * Enthralled with Warfare * Forgetting Warfare