Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index.
Strategy and Culture -- The Idea of Shih -- Ancient Chinese Wars -- The Chinese Civil War -- The Korean War -- The Sino-Indian War -- The Sino-Soviet War -- The Sino-Vietnamese War -- Chinese Strategy: Shih Strategy.
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Drawing on ancient texts and modern interpretations, this work explores the foundations for war in China's strategic culture--Shih, Li, and Tao. Shih theory bases strategy on enemy intent, in contrast to Euro-American Li strategies based on forces. The work uses Shih theory to explain the anomalies that continue to perplex Euro-American observers in modern China's uses of force.