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"Gen Sun Tzu at the Allied Front," "Selling Samsara," and "Eat a Cookie, Save a Tree."

Ellen Pearlman

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Gen Sun Tzu at the Allied Front


Entering the MarketplaceA CHINESE TEXT on military strategy written 2,500 years ago for the Chinese kingdom of Wu is now an indispensable element of U.S. Marine Corps modern warfare. The Corps' commandant, General Alfred Gray, has made The Art of War, by General Sun Tzu, required reading for his men. Shambhala Publications, Inc., recently shipped 10,000 copies of the audiotape to the marines, and the book was a reported favorite among commanders and frontline marines during the Kuwait liberation.

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