You must be the only other Freeper to have read Hans Delbrück's
History of the Art of War.
Sun Tzu was a huge eye opener for me. War just clicked together, the puzzle solved itself right before my eyes. It was the Griffith translation, which I like the best to this day. That day of understanding my Asian war will live for me until the day I die.
Lieutenant General Griffith, USMC, was a deep student of Chinese culture and history, with wonderful Chinese and a student of the ancient sages. He was awarded the Navy Cross on Guadalcanal, September 1942, and the next July on New Georgia was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Cross.
A Gentleman, a Scholar, and a United States Marine.