Format:
Online-Ressource (xiv, 236 p)
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ill
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22 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0415329620
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0415329639
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1857287487
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1857287479
Series Statement:
Warfare and history
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-229) and index
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Cover; SAMURAI, WARFARE ANDTHE STATE IN EARLYMEDIEVAL JAPAN; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The meaning of war; The concept of Just War; Private war; Feuding and self-help; Ritual war; 2 The organization of war; Hired swords and franchise armies; Equilibrium and revolution; The Kamakura vassal corps; Officers and the chain of command; Warbands and warbonds; 3 The tools of war; Manufacture and procurement of weapons; Projectile weapons; Shock weapons; Protective weapons; Horses and tack; 4 The science of war
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The way of the horse and bowShaping battle; Ambushes and raids; Fortifications and strongholds; New wine in old bottles; 5 The culture of war; Reputation, honor and warrior personality; Deception, guile and surprise; Battle cries and self-introduction; Prisoners of war; Head-hunting; Non-combatants; Epilog; Notes; References and bibliography; Index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415329620
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Friday, Karl F Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan London : Taylor & Francis,c2003 ISBN 9780415329620
Language:
English
