{"product_id":"9781853267796","title":"The Art of War \/ The Book of Lord Shang","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Tzu, Sun \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eChina\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 February 1998 by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Classics of World Literature' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 131 x 14 | 172g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491496247682,"sku":"9781853267796","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781853267796.jpg?v=1753748915","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9781853267796","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}