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An independent historical scholar, lecturer, radio commentator, and
consultant to command colleges, think tanks, intelligence agencies and
international conglomerates, Ralph Sawyer has specialized in Chinese
military, technological, and intelligence issues for nearly four
decades, much of which have been spent in Taiwan, Korea, Japan, China,
and Southeast Asia. Following undergraduate work at M.I.T. in computer
engineering and the history of science, graduate study in Chinese
studies at Harvard, and advanced language study at the Stanford Center
(Taipei) and with Chinese scholars throughout Asia, Sawyer has
continued the traditional Chinese practice of public activity and
private scholarship over the years. His written works focus on Chinese
military history and martial writings while his lectures and
consulting emphasize their reformulation for modern contexts,
including international business, as well as their integration into
contemporary PRC doctrine and the resulting strategic implications.
A Fellow of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies in Calgary
and a Senior Research Fellow with the Warring States Project at the
University of Massachusetts, he is a member of numerous professional
organizations and a frequent presenter at academic conferences. In
addition to articles and archived lectures, his important publications
include the Seven Military Classics of Ancient China;
Sun-tzu, Art of War; Sun Pin, Military Methods; One Hundred
Unorthodox Strategies: Battle and Tactics of Chinese Warfare; The
Tao of Spycraft: Intelligence Theory and Practice in Traditional
China; Fire and Water: Incendiary and Aquatic Warfare in
China; The Essence of War ; The Tao of War ; and most
recently, the Tao of Deception: Unorthodox Warfare in Historic and
Modern China. His writings have been translated into numerous
languages, including Russian and Chinese. (Further information may be
found at
www.RalphSawyer.com.)
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