Author: Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304359486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
“Lively....Skillfully pieceing together contemporary accounts from Japanese and Korean sources, the author provides a vivid and horrifying picture of the strategy, tactics, and technology of Japanese warefare....Belongs in public as well as college libraries.”—Library Journal. “Impeccably researched, lavishly illustrated, clearly written for the general reader, as outstanding on its subject as it is unique.”—Booklist.
Samurai Invasion
Author: Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304359486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
“Lively....Skillfully pieceing together contemporary accounts from Japanese and Korean sources, the author provides a vivid and horrifying picture of the strategy, tactics, and technology of Japanese warefare....Belongs in public as well as college libraries.”—Library Journal. “Impeccably researched, lavishly illustrated, clearly written for the general reader, as outstanding on its subject as it is unique.”—Booklist.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304359486
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
“Lively....Skillfully pieceing together contemporary accounts from Japanese and Korean sources, the author provides a vivid and horrifying picture of the strategy, tactics, and technology of Japanese warefare....Belongs in public as well as college libraries.”—Library Journal. “Impeccably researched, lavishly illustrated, clearly written for the general reader, as outstanding on its subject as it is unique.”—Booklist.
The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592–98
Author: Stephen Turnbull
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1846037581
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Stephen Turnbull, a renowned expert on the history of Japan, examines the samurai invasion of Korea, the first step in an ambitious Japanese plan to conquer China. Examining the various stages of the war, from the pitched battles of the early war years, to the great naval encounters, the dramatic sieges and the bitter trench warfare that characterized the end of the war, Turnbull provides a concise analysis of the conflict. Highly illustrated with contemporary photographs, full colour battlescene artwork, detailed maps and bird's-eye views, this is a concise history of a unique and exciting campaign, which not only involved huge numbers of men, differing terrain and tactics but was also the only time that the legendary samurai were pitched against a foreign nation.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1846037581
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
Stephen Turnbull, a renowned expert on the history of Japan, examines the samurai invasion of Korea, the first step in an ambitious Japanese plan to conquer China. Examining the various stages of the war, from the pitched battles of the early war years, to the great naval encounters, the dramatic sieges and the bitter trench warfare that characterized the end of the war, Turnbull provides a concise analysis of the conflict. Highly illustrated with contemporary photographs, full colour battlescene artwork, detailed maps and bird's-eye views, this is a concise history of a unique and exciting campaign, which not only involved huge numbers of men, differing terrain and tactics but was also the only time that the legendary samurai were pitched against a foreign nation.
The Mongol Invasions of Japan 1274 and 1281
Author: Stephen Turnbull
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849082502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
From his seat in Xanadu, the great Mongol Emperor of China, Kubla Khan, had long plotted an invasion of Japan. However, it was only with the acquisition of Korea, that the Khan gained the maritime resources necessary for such a major amphibious operation. Written by expert Stephen Turnbull, this book tells the story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan against the noble Samurai. Using detailed maps, illustrations, and newly commissioned artwork, Turnbull charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze, the divine wind, that destroyed the Mongol fleet and would live in the Japanese consciousness and shape their military thinking for centuries to come.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849082502
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
From his seat in Xanadu, the great Mongol Emperor of China, Kubla Khan, had long plotted an invasion of Japan. However, it was only with the acquisition of Korea, that the Khan gained the maritime resources necessary for such a major amphibious operation. Written by expert Stephen Turnbull, this book tells the story of the two Mongol invasions of Japan against the noble Samurai. Using detailed maps, illustrations, and newly commissioned artwork, Turnbull charts the history of these great campaigns, which included numerous bloody raids on the Japanese islands, and ended with the famous kami kaze, the divine wind, that destroyed the Mongol fleet and would live in the Japanese consciousness and shape their military thinking for centuries to come.
Samurai Women 1184–1877
Author: Stephen Turnbull
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780963335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
From when the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan's rich history. Using material that has never been translated into English before, this book presents the story of Japan's female warriors for the first time, revealing the role of the women of the samurai class in all their many manifestations, investigating their weapons, equipment, roles, training and belief systems. Crucially, as well as describing the women who were warriors in their own right, like Hauri Tsuruhime and the women of Aizu, this book also looks at occasions when women became the power behind the throne, ruling and warring through the men around them.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1780963335
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
From when the Empress Jingo-kogo led an invasion of Korea while pregnant with the future Emperor Ojin, tales of female Japanese warriors have emerged from Japan's rich history. Using material that has never been translated into English before, this book presents the story of Japan's female warriors for the first time, revealing the role of the women of the samurai class in all their many manifestations, investigating their weapons, equipment, roles, training and belief systems. Crucially, as well as describing the women who were warriors in their own right, like Hauri Tsuruhime and the women of Aizu, this book also looks at occasions when women became the power behind the throne, ruling and warring through the men around them.
Samurai Warfare
Author: Stephen R. Turnbull
Publisher: Arms & Armour
ISBN: 9781854094322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A look at Samurai warfare and specific battles in which it was applied.
Publisher: Arms & Armour
ISBN: 9781854094322
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
A look at Samurai warfare and specific battles in which it was applied.
Russo-Japanese War
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
Kamikaze
Author: Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849083541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by US naval and air forces. In desperation, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using “special attack” formations, or suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships. Called “Divine Wind” (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. In view of the success of these attacks, the Japanese armed forces began to develop an entire range of new special attack weapons. This book will begin by examining the initial kamikaze aircraft attacks, but the focus of the book will be on the dedicated special attack weapons developed in 1944. It also covers specialized suicide attack weapons such as anti-tank lunge mines.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1849083541
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 49
Book Description
The destruction of much of the remainder of the Japanese fleet and its air arm in the later half of 1944 left the Japanese Home Islands vulnerable to attack by US naval and air forces. In desperation, the Imperial Japanese Navy proposed using “special attack” formations, or suicide attacks. These initially consisted of crude improvisations of conventional aircraft fitted with high-explosive bombs that could be crashed into US warships. Called “Divine Wind” (Kamikaze), the special attack formations first saw action in 1944, and became the scourge of the US fleet in the battles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945. In view of the success of these attacks, the Japanese armed forces began to develop an entire range of new special attack weapons. This book will begin by examining the initial kamikaze aircraft attacks, but the focus of the book will be on the dedicated special attack weapons developed in 1944. It also covers specialized suicide attack weapons such as anti-tank lunge mines.
Thrilling Stories of the Russian-Japanese War
Author: James Martin Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Official History of the Russian-Japanese War
Author: James Martin Miller
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Japan
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
The Russo-Japanese War Fully Illustrated
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description