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Also Known As Sun-tzu • Sun Wu
Flourished 400 BCE - 301 BCE
Notable Works “The Art of War”
Subjects Of Study military science • strategy

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Helmuth von Moltke, 1871
Helmuth von Moltke
German general [1800–1891]
Erich Ludendorff
Erich Ludendorff
German general
Carl von Clausewitz
Carl von Clausewitz
Prussian general
Henri, baron de Jomini
Henri, baron de Jomini
French general and historian
Heinz Guderian
Heinz Guderian
German general
Sir Basil Liddell Hart
British military historian
Ōmura Masujirō.
Ōmura Masujirō
Japanese military strategist
André Beaufre
French general
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader
Kangxi
emperor of Qing dynasty
Lin Biao
Lin Biao
Chinese military leader
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chinese statesman
Li Hongzhang
Chinese statesman
An Lushan
Chinese general
Wendi
emperor of Sui dynasty
Zheng Chenggong
Zheng Chenggong
Chinese pirate
Zhang Zhidong, engraving.
Zhang Zhidong
Chinese official
Zeng Guofan, detail of a portrait; in the National Palace Museum, Taipei.
Zeng Guofan
Chinese official
Zhu De
Chinese military leader
Yuan Shikai.
Yuan Shikai
president of China