<P> Unrestricted Warfare (超 限 战, literally "warfare beyond bounds") is a book on military strategy written in 1999 by two colonels in the People's Liberation Army, Qiao Liang (乔 良) and Wang Xiangsui (王湘穗). Its primary concern is how a nation such as China can defeat a technologically superior opponent (such as the United States) through a variety of means . Rather than focusing on direct military confrontation, this book instead examines a variety of other means . Such means include using International Law (see Lawfare) and a variety of economic means to place one's opponent in a bad position and circumvent the need for direct military action . </P> <P> The English translation of the book was made available by the Foreign Broadcast Information Service on the internet in 1999 . Reportedly, the United States Naval Academy wrote to the authors to ask for permission to use this book . The book was then published in English by a previously unknown Panamanian publisher, with the subtitle "China's Master Plan to Destroy America" and a picture of the burning World Trade Center on the cover . These additions were thought to be misinterpretations of the text, not intended by the original authors . A French translation was published in 2003 . </P>

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