Quote Originally Posted by Bijo
Regarding strategies and tactics, I would refer any serious person who's interested in warfare to Sun Tzu: http://www.chinapage.com/sunzi-e.html
The information could very well be used for a series like TW.

I don't know if you're aware of this, but the TW series is indeed inspired from the works of Sun Tzu.

From Wikipedia :

"In the 2000 PC game Shogun: Total War, text from The Art of War is quoted often during gameplay and its strategies recommended by the computer to the human players."