In putting together my spring course on public diplomacy and political warfare, I re-discovered a rare English translation of an important political warfare book by a prominent Chinese nationalist general.
General Wang Sheng wrote Theory and Practice of Political Warfare, first published in Taipei in 1959. He ran the General Political Warfare College as a close confidant of Chiang Ching-kuo, the son of nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek.
Attached is a PDF of the English translation of Theory and Practice of Political Warfare, translated by Hsin Kwang-hsu in 1973. I've had a paper copy in my filing cabinet for 25 years or so, and a student kindly made a PDF so the document could receive wide study and review. If an online version of this document exists, I haven't seen it, so I'm attaching it to this page. I'd like to see some substantive reader comment. Download Wang Shang - Theory & Practice of Political Warfare
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Posted by: Cannoneer No. 4 | July 08, 2009 at 11:12 AM