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Go Spotting: History Channel’s “Art of War”

Peter Shotwell just caught one of the History Channel's two-hour "Art of War" series devoted to the teachings of Sun Tzu's book by the same name. A professor from the Military College of Canada and several very knowledgeable authors began with a vivid in-depth discussion of Sun's classical war and life ideas. This is followed by the Vietnam interplay between chess-thinking American bombing, battle strategies left over from WWII vs. the evolving Sun- and go-like Vietnamese strategies and use of spies that culminated in the Tet Offensive and its complicated aftermath. Finishing it was a highly innovative discussion of the clash of the two kinds of thinking during the Battle of Gettysburg and the World War II invasion of Normandy. It's now on You Tube, and all the material plus a discussion of the role of language and the use of the "36 Strategies" is available in Appendix VIII of Shotwell’s "Speculations" article in the Bob High e-Library.