First published in 1977, The Samuraihas long since become a standard work of reference. It cont...
The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occas...
In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first fir...
A brilliant but little-known operation, the Shimazu clan raid on the independent kingdom of Ryuky...
The prevalence of particular fortress types in medieval China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea demanded...
The Sengoku The Jidai, 'Age of Warring States', is the age of the samurai the military aristocrac...
Arguably the greatest military commander in the history of the samurai, Toyotomi Hideyoshi ros...
The Ottoman Empire and its conflicts provide one of the longest continuous narratives in military...
In 1467 the Onin War ushered in a period of unrivalled conflict and rivalry in Japan that came...
The fierce loyalty and self-sacrificing attitude of the Samurai have made them both a legend a...
Combines material previously published as Warrior 29: Ashigaru 1467-1649, Warrior 64: Ninja AD...
The landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castl...