Review: Chas Freeman on China’s military
![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F860ac3ef-c9d8-454b-9119-2f739d5b17b5_740x416.jpeg)
The Chinese strategist and philosopher Sunzi [Sun Tzu] observed 2,500 years ago:
If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
A comparis…
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to Book Post to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.