The Thirty-Six Stratagems: A Modern Interpretation Of A Strategy Classic

by Peter Taylor

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The 36 Stratagems is a Chinese essay used to illustrate a series of stratagems used in politics and in war, as well as in civilian life, often through unorthodox means. Approximately 300 years ago an unknown scholar compiled the stratagems, a strangely seductive meditation on deception. The stratagems are ordered in categories according to your current position. 'Advantageous Stratagems', 'Opportunistic Stratagems' and 'Attacking Stratagems' are used when you are in a winning situation. show more 'Confusion Stratagems', 'Deception Stratagems' and 'Desperate Stratagems' are used when you are in a disadva show less

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Peter Taylor was the author of eight story collections and three novels, including A Summons to Memphis, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize. He died in 1994. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Nonfiction, Business, History
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658.4012TechnologyManagement & public relationsGeneral managementExecutivePlanning, control, strategyStrategy
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HD30.28Social sciencesIndustries. Land use. LaborIndustries. Land use. LaborManagement. Industrial management
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