num_pages: 160
description: Samurai Invasion is a lively account of the two sixteenth-century Japanese invasions of Korea, untold before in such detail, and a vital period in the history of samurai culture.Dr Stephen Turnbull, the world's most acclaimed historian of the samurai, links the overall history of the war with the experience of ordinary soldiers, as related in diaries and anecdotes, and recounts tales of noble combat and heroism, as well as cowardice and desertion, with technical information on the weapons and tactics of the day.
language: English
title: Samurai Warfare
titlecomplete: Samurai Warfare
genres: Japan, Nonfiction, Military History, Martial Arts, History
ratings_count: 56
publisher: Arms and Armour Press