Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military, 500-1300 (Harvard East Asian Monographs)
Farris advances our understanding of Japan's military enormously. (Journal of Asian Studies)Wayne Farris'sHeavenly Warriors...is a challenging re-interpretation of Japan's early military history and warrior tradition...[It] is both polemical and thought provoking. It is detailed and based on extensive reading of Japanese primary and secondary materials. (Martin CollcuttHarvard Journal of Asiatic Studies)