Is the Sun Tsu's Art of War relevant to the modern Air Force?

From: RUSI Journal | Date: October 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

IS SUN Tsu's ART OF WAR RELEVANT TO THE MODERN AIR FORCE?* 'I expect every officer to read and re-read this book, understand it and take its message to heart'

Commandant, USMC, 1989

It is ironic that even with the daunting array of technology and weaponry available to the commander on the modern battlefield, the principles governing their successful use should still lie within a pocket-sized book, written some four hundred years before the birth of Christ in the feuding provinces of China.

As the American example shows, Sun Tzu's The Art Of War is as relevant now as it has ever been, even ...

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