{"product_id":"knowing-men-fathoming-states-in-early-china-9798289768841","title":"Knowing Men, Fathoming States in Early China","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Ralph D. Sawyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Asia - China\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix frequently requested papers by Ralph D. Sawyer on Chinese intelligence concepts and practice\u003cb\u003es\u003c\/b\u003e originally presented at the National Security Agency's biannual Symposium on Cryptologic History and the annual conventions of the International Studies Association and Society for Military History, together with a supplement to the author's well-known \u003ci\u003eTao of Spycraft\u003c\/i\u003e and a contemplation of the Taoist elements from the introduction to the now out-of-print single volume edition of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSix Secret Teachings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Contents: \"The Defector Conundrum in Early Chinese Perspective,\" \"The Intercept Dilemma: Historical Theory and Practice (with a Chinese Emphasis),\" \"Divination and Prognostication: Two Early Chinese Intelligence Sources,\" \"Intelligence Failure in Historical Perspective (with a Chinese Emphasis),\" \"Indirect, Veiled, and Clandestine Communication in Early China,\" \"Character and Command in the Chinese Military Writings,\" \"Knowing Men, Fathoming States,\" and \"Taoism and the \u003ci\u003eSix Secret Teachings\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47813129273495,"sku":"9798289768841","price":1515.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798289768841.webp?v=1778333772","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/knowing-men-fathoming-states-in-early-china-9798289768841","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}