The Samurai: A Military HistoryPsychology Press, 1996 - 285 páginas First published in 1977, The Samurai has long since become a standard work of reference. It continues to be the most authoritative work on samurai life and warfare published outside Japan. Set against the background of Japan's social and political history, the book records the rise and rise of Japan's extraordinary warrior class from earliest times to the culmination of their culture, prowess and skills as manifested in the last great battle they were ever to fight - that of Osaka Castle in 1615. |
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Buddha and Bushi | 17 |
The Gempei War | 40 |
The fall of the house of Taira | 60 |
Their finest hour | 76 |
Acts of loyalty | 89 |
The age of the Country at War | 106 |
Saints and samurai | 128 |
Tea and muskets | 156 |
Hideyoshis Korean war | 186 |
The final reckoning | 224 |
Decline and triumph | 252 |
Selected genealogies | 268 |
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