This is the website for my TCU-in-Scotland course, The Tao of Strategy. In this course we investigate a theory of strategic action based on Sunzi's Art of War (Bingfa), and illustrated by the life of Scotland's greatest king, Robert the Bruce. Sunzi's Bingfa is itself Daoist thought applied to the challenges of competition or conflict. In addition to the resources listed here, you will find other resources on the various pages of my website (use the links at the bottom of the page).

Course Materials

• Document: 2010 Course Syllabus (required)
• Document: Internal Structure of Sunzi's Bingfa (required)
• Document: 2010 Presentation Outline (recommended)
• Timeline: Dalriada (recommended)
• Timeline: Saint Columba (recommended)
• Timeline: Saint Margaret (recommended)
• Timeline: King David I (recommended)
• Timeline: William Wallace (recommended)
• Timeline: Robert the Bruce (recommended)

Web Resources

• Website: Rampant Scotland (a wealth of web links)
• Website: Edinburgh First (our residence)
• Website: City of Edinburgh (our home base)
• Website: Island of Iona (our home for three nights)
• Wikipedia: Robert the Bruce (the man)
• Wikipedia: The Black Douglas (the right-hand man)
• Wikipedia: Battle of Bannockburn (the battle)
• BBC: Declaration of Arbroath (the letter)
• Wikipedia: William Wallace (a giant of a man)
• Wikipedia: Nigel Tranter (the Bruce Trilogy is highly recommended)
• Wikipedia: The Art of War (the pinnacle of strategic thought)
• Wikipedia: Daodejing (foundational)
• Website: Sunzi's Art of War (interesting)
• Website: Taoism Information Page (authoritative)
• Website: Defense and the National Interest (tribute to John Boyd, a modern Sunzi)
• Wikipedia: Cybernetics (what makes it all tick)
• Wikipedia: Complexity (ditto)
• IMDb: Braveheart (entertaining)

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