A comprehensive history of the feudal Japanese warrior class, covering their armor and weapons, code of conduct, tactics and strategies, mythology, role in Japan's history and traditions, and inevitable decline

The Samurai: A Military History

History

Turnbull, Stephen R.

Asia

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Provides an insightful, yet concise, overview of ten major campaigns or battles of the period Praeger is pleased to announce a partnership with Osprey Publishing to make these unique books available to our customers. Now available in high-quality hardback volumes, this series provides insightful, yet concise, overviews of major battles. The books have been created to appeal to a wide range of interested readers, including students, amateur and professional military historians, period re-enactors - just about anybody who wants to learn more about these dramatic historical events. Battles of the Middle Ages provides a detailed history of ten major battles or campaigns that shaped medieval Europe and the Near East.

Battles of the Middle Ages: . (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

Nicolle, David

Gravett, Christopher

Bennett, Matthew

Shpakovskii, Viacheslav Olegovich

Armstrong, Pete

Military

Praeger Pub Text

By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order's meddling in the internal politics of its neighbours. In June 1410 King Wladislaw Jagiello of Poland invaded the Order's territory with a powerful allied army and inflicted a disastrous defeat on the Knights.
By 1400 the long running conflict between the Order of Teutonic Knights and Poland and Lithuania was coming to a head, partly as a result of the Order's meddling in the internal politics of its neighbours. In June 1410 King Wladislaw Jagiello of Poland invaded the Order's territory with a powerful allied army including all the enemies of the Teutonic Knights - Poles, Lithuanians, Russians, Bohemians, Hungarians, Tartars and Cossacks. This book recounts how, when the armies clashed on the wooded, rolling hills near the small village of Tannenberg, the Teutonic Knights suffered a disastrous defeat from which their Order never recovered.

Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

Europe

Samurai and Shoguns [Set]: Nagashino 1575 Kawanakajima 1553-64 Sekigahara 1600 (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

Bryant, Anthony

When Portuguese traders took advantage of the constant violence in Japan to sell the Japanese their first firearms, one of the quickest to take advantage of this new technology was the powerful daimyo Oda Nobunaga. In 1575 the impetuous Takeda Katsuyori laid siege to Nagashino castle, a possession of Nobunaga's ally, Tokugawa Ieyasu. An army was despatched to relieve the siege, and the two sides faced each other across the Shidarahara. The Takeda samurai were brave, loyal and renowned for their cavalry charges, but Nobunaga, counting on Katsuyori's impetuosity, had 3,000 musketeers waiting behind prepared defences for their assault. The outcome of this clash of tactics and technologies was to change the face of Japanese warfare forever. Stephen Turnbull examines the battle that ended the supremacy of one of the great samurai warrior clans - the Takeda.

Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series)

Kawanakajima is unique in history. In the space of 12 years, between 1553 and 1564, this valley deep in the mountains of central Japan witnessed no less than five battles between two of Japan's greatest warlords. Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin were both descended from great families and were highly skilled tacticians. Stephen Turnbull chronicles the see-saw struggle between two men who epitomize the warrior daimyo from Japan's 'Warring States' period.
Kawanakajima is unique in history. In the space of 12 years, between 1553 and 1564, this valley deep in the mountains of central Japan witnessed no less than five battles between two of Japan's greatest warlords. Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin were both descended from great families and were highly skilled tacticians. Both had taken the tonsure and risen to high rank in their respective Buddhist sects. When Shingen attempted to seize control of Shinano province they were set on a collision course. Stephen Turnbull chronicles the see-saw struggle between two men who epitomize the warrior daimyo from Japan's 'Warring States' period.

Kawanakajima 1553-64: Samurai Power Struggle (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

A best-selling expert on medieval warfare has produced a hugely successful book--over 100,000 copies sold--that returns by popular demand as the premier reference on knighthood. The riveting chronicle trains its focus on the golden years of the knight during the 14th and 15th centuries. The life of a knight starts with his earliest upbringing, his formal education, and his dangerous, exacting years of training. Once a knight is ready for a life of battle, the story turns to his vast choices of weapons and armor--all shown in graphic illustrations. Charts and maps help portray battle strategies and tactics, while behind-the-scenes unfolds a drama of intrigue, chivalry, and fanaticism, from Edward III and the Black Prince to the fall of Richard III on Bosworth Field. Illustrations from archives provide rare scenes of people, equipment, and battle scenes, while modern photos display battlefields and castles as they look today.

The Knight Triumphant: The High Middle Ages, 1314-1485

UNKNO

He is the valiant lone swordsman, the ultimate individual warrior, the esthete, appreciating the beauty of the cherry blossom, seeing in its brief career his own short and glorious life. The commander of the host on the battlefield, the keeper of the peace, the aristocratic administrator and avenger of his master. Yet he is also a member of a class which ruled Japan for nearly 700 years. DJ in Mylar, NO International or Priority.

The book of the samurai, the warrior class of Japan

Arco.

Examines the samurai tradition, which encompasses seven hundred years of Japanese history, and describes the armor, weapons, traditions, and famous battles of the samurai

The Book of the Samurai

GALLERY BOOKS

First published in 1977, The Samurai has long since become a standard work of reference. It continues to be the most authoritative work on samurai life and warfare published outside Japan. Set against the background of Japan's social and political history, the book records the rise and rise of Japan's extraordinary warrior class from earliest times to the culmination of their culture, prowess and skills as manifested in the last great battle they were ever to fight - that of Osaka Castle in 1615.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Osprey Pub Co

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The Samurai: A Military History

Battles of the Middle Ages: . (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

Tannenberg 1410: Disaster for the Teutonic Knights (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

Samurai and Shoguns [Set]: Nagashino 1575 Kawanakajima 1553-64 Sekigahara 1600 (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

Nagashino 1575: Slaughter at the Barricades (Praeger Illustrated Military History Series)

Kawanakajima 1553-64: Samurai Power Struggle (Praeger Illustrated Military History)

The Knight Triumphant: The High Middle Ages, 1314-1485

The book of the samurai, the warrior class of Japan

The Book of the Samurai

The Samurai: A Military History