Ep 210: Scott Boorman on Sun Tzu

School of War · Jun 27, 2025 · 38m

Scott Boorman, Professor of Sociology at Yale University and author of Three Faces of Sun Tzu, joins the show to discuss the world and ideas of Sun Tzu.

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Times

• 01:48 Introduction

• 02:10 “Know your enemy”

• 05:18 The Protracted Game

• 09:59 Text and application

• 16:05 Warring states

• 21:14 Chinese thinking

• 24:58 Net assessment

• 29:05 Cunning

• 32:02 Omissions

• 37:05 Memorization

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