Sun Tzu's Art of War is widely regarded as the most influential military & strategic classic of
all time. Through 'reverse engineering' of the text structured around 14 Sun Tzu 'themes ' this
rigorous analysis furnishes a thorough picture of what the text actually says drawing on
Chinese-language analyses historical philological & archaeological sources traditional
commentaries computational ideas and strategic & logistics perspectives. Building on this
anchoring the book provides a unique roadmap of Sun Tzu's military and intelligence insights
and their applications to strategic competitions in many times and places worldwide from
Warring States China to contemporary US China strategic competition and other 21st century
competitions involving cyber warfare computing other hi-tech conflict espionage and more.
Simultaneously the analysis offers a window into Sun Tzu's limitations and blind spots
relevant to managing 21st century strategic competitions with Sun-Tzu-inspired adversaries or
rivals.
