{"product_id":"9781853267796","title":"The Art of War \/ The Book of Lord Shang by Shang Yang","description":"Translated by Yuan Shibing and J.J.L.Duyvendak. With introductions by Robert Wilkinson.   The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years.   The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured.   The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56313088082293,"sku":"9781853267796","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781853267796.jpg?v=1762825331","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781853267796","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}