Ralph D Sawyer
Senior Research Fellow (2003- )
President, Sawyer Strategic ConsultantsAreas of Interest
- The Chinese Military Classics
- Chinese Military History
Publications
- Judgement and Evaluation in Chinese Military Contexts (1984)
- The Seven Military Classics of Ancient China (1993)
- Sun Tzu: Art of War (1994)
- Sun Pin: Military Methods (1995)
- Ling Ch'i Ching (1995, repr 2004)
- The Art of the Warrior (1996; rev 2004)
- Chinese Warfare: The Paradox of the Unlearned Lesson
- Triangle Institute 1996; American Diplomacy 1999
- The Six Secret Teachings (1997)
- The Tao of Spycraft (1998)
- One Hundred Unorthodox Strategies (1998)
- The Tao of Peace (1999; rev 2002)
- Conception and Role of Ch'i in Chinese Military Thought
- (Chinese Military History Conference 1999)
- Character and Command in Chinese Military Writings
- (Chinese Military History Conference 2000)
- Early Incendiary Warfare (NEAAS 2002)
- Fire and Water (2003)
- Thirteenth Century Chinese Incendiary Warfare (AHA 2004)
- The Essence of War (2004)
- Chinese Strategic Power: Myth, Intent, and Projections
- (Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Winter 2006/7)
- The Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and Modern China
- (2007; Chinese translation 2008)
- Martial Qi in China: Courage and Spirit in Thought and Practice
- (Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Winter 2008/2009)
- Aquatic Warfare in Historic China,
- in: The Currents of Power: Water in the New World Order (Taurus 2010)
- Ancient Chinese Warfare (2011)
- Conquest and Domination in Early China (2013)
- Zhuge Liang: Strategy, Achievements, and Writings (2014)
- Lever of Power: Military Deception in China and the West (2017)
- Solitary Subversives (2019)
- The Revolt of the Seven Feudatories,
- in: Small Wars and Insurgencies (forthcoming)
Interview
- With Sonshi.com (2003)
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