{"product_id":"9780375754777","title":"The Book of War: The Art of Warfare and On War (Modern Library War Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eCivilization might have been spared much of the damage suffered in the world wars this century if the influence of Clausewitz's \u003ci\u003eOn War\u003c\/i\u003e  had been blended with and balanced by a knowledge of Sun-tzu's \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Warfare\u003c\/i\u003e.  —B.H. Liddel Hart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor two thousand years, Sun-tzu's The Art of Warfare was the indispensable volume of warcraft. Although his work is the first known analysis of war and warfare, Sun-tzu struck upon a thoroughly modern concept: \"The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.\"        Karl von Clausewitz, the canny military theorist who famously declared that war is a continuation of politics by other means, also claims paternity of the notion \"total war.\"   His is the magnum opus of the era of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic vars.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow these two great military minds are made to share the same tent, metaphorically speaking, in \u003cb\u003eThe Book of War\u003c\/b\u003e. What a bivouac it is, and what a conversation into the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMilitary writer Ralph Peters has written a new Introduction for this Modern Library edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012419600624,"sku":"9780375754777","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780375754777_p0.jpg?v=1763692337","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780375754777","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}