Grand Strategy: The Wisdom of Three Kingdoms Diplomacy

The Three Kingdoms was an age of achievement and heroic legend, an age of bloodshed in which new life was forged on the blade, and an age endlessly embellished with myths and mysteries. It pushed human cunning and calculation to unprecedented heights. This book is the first to reconstruct the conflicts and drama of the Three Kingdoms from the perspective of diplomatic struggles. The tripartite balance between Wei, Shu, and Wu emerged from the contest for supremacy among the warlords at the end of the Eastern Han. Each kingdom had its own advantages in geopolitics, economics, military strength, and human resources. The clashes between these powers, amid flashing blades, were full of subtlety, and their use of stratagems and strategy was astonishing.