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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A radically new, and easily learned, way to outstrategize your rivals. "The wise win before they fight, while the ignorant fight to win." So wrote Zhuge Liang, the great Chinese military strategist. He was referring to battlefield tactics, but the same can be said about any strategic situation. Even seemingly certain defeat can be turned into victory-whether in battle, business, or life-by those with the strategic vision to recognize how to "change...
2) Strategy
Author
Pub. Date
1974
Edition
2nd rev. ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 426 pages : maps ; 18 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 173
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Games are everywhere: Drivers maneuvering in heavy traffic are playing a driving game. Bargain hunters bidding on eBay are playing an auctioning game. The supermarket's price for corn flakes is decided by playing an economic game. This Very Short Introduction offers a succinct tour of the fascinating world of game theory, a ground-breaking field that analyzes how to play games in a rational way. Ken Binmore, a renowned game theorist, explains the...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
192 pages : color illustrations, ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A Nazi scheme to capture the Pope, an IRA plan to invade Northern Ireland, a British plan to attack the Soviet Union after the defeat of Hitler. World War II Plans That Never Happened tells the stories of the most secret and outrageous operations that were planned during the war, many of which could have taken place.
16) The Art of War
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
This ancient Chinese military text dissects thirteen aspects of warfare from a strategical and intellectual point of view. Deploring the use of excess force causing economic and civilian losses while discussing strategies that are still relevant to modern warfare, the text continues to resonate with readers around the world and has been considered fundamental in military doctrine for over two thousand years.
The Art of War was first translated...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During the Crusades, the Western and Muslim armies developed various highly sophisticated strategies of both attack and defense, which evolved during the course of the battles. In this ambitious new work, Steve Tibble draws on a wide range of Muslim texts and archaeological evidence as well as more commonly cited Western sources to analyze the respective armies' strategy, adaptation, evolution, and cultural diversity and show just how sophisticated...
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xiv, 294 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"While many books examine specific wars, few study the history of war worldwide and from an evolutionary perspective. A Global History of War is one of the first works to focus not on the impact of war on civilizations, but rather on how civilizations impact the art and execution of war. World-renowned scholar Gérard Chaliand concentrates on the peoples and cultures who have determined how war is conducted and reveals the lasting historical consequences...
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