
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 anal...
Series: Warfare and History
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (December 31, 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0415329639
ISBN-13: 978-0415329637
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.6 x 9.2 inches
Amazon Rank: 470428
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The intro and first chapter are a little slow, but mid-way through chapter 2 to chapter 5 was great. Very insightful, informative, and current (in my opinion) with the changes taking place in the scholarly community regarding how Japanese history is ...
-, Kamakura- and Nambokucho-period warfare from five thematic angles. He examines the principles that justified armed conflict, the mechanisms used to raise and deploy armed forces, the weapons available to early medieval warriors, the means by which they obtained them, and the techniques and customs of battle.A thorough, accessible and informative review, this study highlights the complex casual relationships among the structures and sources of early medieval political power, technology, and the conduct of war.