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- Three Faces of Sun Tzu
- Frontispiece
- Three Faces of Sun Tzu
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note on Chinese-Language Romanization
- Author’s Note on Chinese Characters
- Author’s Note on Online Annex
- Chronology of Chinese History
- List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works
- Introduction
- Background: Historical and Textual
- Preliminaries
- A Strategist Should Be Calculating
- B Strategist Should Be Cheap
- C Strategist Should Find Advantage
- D Strategist Should Enact Stratagems and Formlessness
- E Strategist Should Make a Situation’s Natural Dynamics Work for Her
- F Strategist Should Have an Accurate Grasp of the Significant Information
- G Strategist Should Manage the Interfaces
- Conclusion
- Index A
- Index B
G - Strategist Should Manage the Interfaces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 March 2024
- Three Faces of Sun Tzu
- Frontispiece
- Three Faces of Sun Tzu
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Author’s Note on Chinese-Language Romanization
- Author’s Note on Chinese Characters
- Author’s Note on Online Annex
- Chronology of Chinese History
- List of Abbreviations for Frequently Cited Works
- Introduction
- Background: Historical and Textual
- Preliminaries
- A Strategist Should Be Calculating
- B Strategist Should Be Cheap
- C Strategist Should Find Advantage
- D Strategist Should Enact Stratagems and Formlessness
- E Strategist Should Make a Situation’s Natural Dynamics Work for Her
- F Strategist Should Have an Accurate Grasp of the Significant Information
- G Strategist Should Manage the Interfaces
- Conclusion
- Index A
- Index B
Summary
“Interface” in present usage is a modern concept whose roots lie in physical science and engineering disciplines. For serendipitous reasons it happens to work well as a conceptual tool for structuring Sun Tzu’s approach to leadership topics, starting with the political level (the ruler) and extending in the military realm down to the level of common soldiers. That is the focus of Theme #13.
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- Three Faces of Sun TzuAnalyzing Sun Tzu's <i>Art of War</i>, A Manual on Strategy, pp. 423 - 490Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024