Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan - Couverture rigide

Friday, Karl F.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0415329620 ISBN 13 : 9780415329620

Editeur : Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

24 cm. xiv, 236 p. : ill. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Karl F. Friday. [Samurai, warfare & the state in early medieval Japan ]. Warfare and history. Samurai, warfare and the state in early medieval Japan. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. The meaning of war. The concept of just war. Private war. Feuding & self-help. Ritual war. -- 2. The organization of war. Hired swords & franchise armies. Equilibrium & revolution. The Kamakura vassal corps. Officers & the chain of command -- 2. The kamakura vassal corps. Officers & the chain of command. Warriors & warbands -- 3. The tools of war. Manufacture & procurement of weapons. Projectile weapons. Shock weapons. Protective weapons. Horses & tack -- 4. The science of war. The way of the horse & bow. Shaping battle. Ambushes & raids. Fortifications & strongholds. New wine in old bottles -- 5. The culture of war. Reputation, honor & warrior personality. Deception, guile & surprise. Battle cries & self-introduction. Prisoners of war. Head hunting. Non-combatants .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 0415329620 (hbk.); 0415329639 (pbk)

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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 analyzes Heian -, 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.

Biographie de l'auteur :

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.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415329620
• ISBN 13: 9780415329620
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 252