Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare
Mark R. McNeilly
Abstract
Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwartzkopf. However, having been written two thousand years ago, the book can be somewhat daunting to the modern reader. This book has extracted the six concepts most applicable to modern warfare, making them easy to understand and to apply to military situations. Drawing on a wealth of fascinating historical examples, the book shows how these six principles might be used in wars of the future—both conventional wars and terrorist conflicts—and how ... More
Long acknowledged as a classic text on strategy, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War has been admired by leaders as diverse as Mao Zedong and General Norman Schwartzkopf. However, having been written two thousand years ago, the book can be somewhat daunting to the modern reader. This book has extracted the six concepts most applicable to modern warfare, making them easy to understand and to apply to military situations. Drawing on a wealth of fascinating historical examples, the book shows how these six principles might be used in wars of the future—both conventional wars and terrorist conflicts—and how they can provide insight into current affairs, such as the war on terrorism and China’s increasingly important strategic and military role in the world. This updated edition reflects on all that has happened in the past ten years, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the challenge of Iran, the “Arab Spring,” and the continued rise of China. Each chapter includes brand new examples to explain important concepts in The Art of War.
Keywords:
Sun Tzu,
The Art of War,
Mao Zedong,
General Norman Schwartzkopf,
wars,
terrorist conflicts,
war on terrorism,
Iraq,
Afghanistan,
Iran
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2015 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199957859 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: February 2015 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199957859.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Mark R. McNeilly, author
Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Adjunct Professor of Marketing
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