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Sun Tzu on the Art of War (Lionel Giles, trans.)

The Project Gutenberg Etext of The Art of War by Sun Tzu *These Etexts Prepared By Hundreds of Volunteers and Donations* (Extract from: Sun Tzu on the Art of War (Lionel Giles, trans.) May, 1994 [Etext #132]
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                     SUN TZU ON THE ART OF WAR
           THE OLDEST MILITARY TREATISE IN THE WORLD

                   Translated from the Chinese
                   By LIONEL GILES, M.A. (1910)

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• I. Laying Plans
• II. Waging War
• III. Attack by Stratagem
• IV. Tactical Dispositions
• V. Energy
• VI. Weak Points and Strong
• VII. Maneuvering
• VIII. Variation in Tactics
• IX. The Army on the March
• X. Terrain
• XI. The Nine Situations
• XII. The Attack by Fire
• XIII. The Use of Spies