Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan

ISBN-13: 9780415329620 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 256 str.

Karl F. Friday

Opis

This book is a broadly-cast study of the purposes, methods, technology and mores of warfare among the early samurai, and their relationship to the polity and social structure of tenth to fourteenth century Japan.

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

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.