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Countering Threat to National Security: the Sun Tzu Approach
COUNTERING THREAT TO NATIONAL
SECURITY: THE SUN TZU APPROACH

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Komolafe Solomon (ASP)

FIRST SEMESTER 2013

CONTENT Abstract Introduction 1 Conceptual Definition 3 Historical Overview 6 Core Concept 7 Significance and Application 10 Counter Argument 16 Impact on Leadership 18 Countering Threat to National Security: The Sun Tzu Approach 18 Recommendations 19 Conclusion 21

ABSTRACT
The Art of War is one of the oldest and most successful books on military strategy in the world.
This ancient Chinese military treatise is attributed to Sun Tzu a high ranking military general and strategist who was believed to have been born in 544BC. Composed of thirteen chapters, each of which is devoted to one aspect of warfare, it is a definitive work on military strategies and tactics of its time and is still read for its military insight.

This research paper examines Sun Tzu’s Art of War with emphasis on his indirect approach theory to defeat one’s foe. Then by using this theory as the analytical construct, the study determines the viability and applicability of his military
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