Preface
Pronunciation guide
Dynastic chronology
I. Historical experience and formulations
Incipient beginnings
Spring and autumn Precursors
Sun-tzu's definitive formulation
Warring states commanders
Warring states explications
Han Dynasty realizations
Three Kingdoms
Northern and Southern Dynasties exemplars
Sui and T'ang conflicts
Theory in the Three Kingdoms and early T'ang
Sung Dynasty theoretical developments
The Ming and beyond
II. Modern theories and implications
Traditional wisdom revitalized
Modern embodiments and implications.
The Tao of deception : unorthodox warfare in historic and modern China by Ralph D. Sawyer. ISBN 9780465072057. Published by BasicBooks in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.