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Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
252 Pages
by
Routledge
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Karl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of primary sources and the most recent secondary scholarship.
It overturns many of the stereotypes that have dominated views of the period. Friday... Read more
INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE MEANING OF WAR; Chapter 2 THE ORGANIZATION OF WAR; Chapter 3 THE TOOLS OF WAR; Chapter 4 THE SCIENCE OF WAR; Chapter 5 THE CULTURE OF WAR; NOTES; REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY Index;
Biography
Karl F. Friday is a professor of Japanese History at the University of Georgia. A specialist in classical and early medieval Japanese history, he has also written widely on samurai culture and Japanese warrior traditions.
'Friday's book is elegantly written, well informed on Japanese research, and backed by abundant quotes from the relevant original sources. His frequent comparisons with European history are well chosen, his arguments convincing.' - Monumenta Nipponica
