36 Stratagems (Full Color Illustration Version with a Bonus CD-ROM)

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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features:
- The Wuyue sword, still sharp after weathering the ages
- Exquisite and ingenious war equipment spanning ancient and modern times
- The vast and enduring frontier defense facilities stretching for thousands of miles
- The magnificent and grand underground mausoleum military formations
- Multi-layered fortifications and impregnable command posts
Learn how the ambitious Qin Shi Huang conquered the six states and unified the empire, how the clever Zhang Liang masterminded strategies to win decisive victories, how the brilliant Zhuge Liang predicted events with uncanny accuracy, and how Xie An defeated the 800,000 army of the former Qin with a smile.
Discover that the engineer Zheng Guo, who built the Zheng Guo Canal, was actually a spy sent by the State of Han to Qin.
- The earliest combat terrain model was made of rice.
- The "wicked hero" Cao Cao was actually an outstanding military strategist.
- The "Night Banquet of Han Xizai" was actually a spy map.
The book contains over 300,000 words, more than 1,500 military and historical illustrations, and over 300 strategic examples, allowing you to appreciate the essence of "military strategy like Sun Tzu and 36 stratagems" through vivid and engaging text and rich, valuable images.