The Science of War

Sun Tzu's Art of War Re-translated and re-considered

Christopher MacDonald

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Earnshaw Books Limited
28 June 2018

Military history; Military tactics

For more than two thousand years strategists in China have followed a single, coherent system of military principles and teachings. In The Science of War, Christopher MacDonald tells how those principles and teachings first crystallized into the treatise attributed to Sun Tzu, how they were honed by generals and rulers in the centuries that followed, and how they guide the decision-making of China’s military and political leaders to this day.

Supported by a masterly new translation of Sun Tzu’s classic, MacDonald analyses what the application of that ancient system of thought, borne into the twenty-first century on the back of China’s remarkable economic resurgence, bodes for military strategy in the region. The result is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand what the PRC is planning for Taiwan, the South China Sea and the Western Pacific.

By: Christopher MacDonald
Imprint: Earnshaw Books Limited
Country of Publication: Hong Kong
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 145mm,
ISBN: 9789888422692
ISBN 10: 9888422693
Pages: 272
Publication Date: 28 June 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Christopher MacDonald is a translator and interpreter based in Cardiff. He spent a year in Xian in 1985, and has since lived and worked in Taipei, Hong Kong and Shanghai as a translator, interpreter and trade and investment consultant. From 1997 to 1999 he was the interpreter for the British side in the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group. The Science of War is his first book.

Reviews for The Science of War: Sun Tzu's Art of War Re-translated and re-considered

“This is an important read for anyone concerned with the growing influence of China. Christopher MacDonald gives us an excellent reading of the classic and both puts it in its historical context and considers China’s policies today in terms of its ancient strategies.”—Jamil Anderlini, Asia Editor for the Financial Times