Karl F. Friday

Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780415329620
• ISBN-10: 0415329620
• Artikelnr.: 21808128

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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

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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;

Rezensionen

'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

'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