“In a government, military matters are the essential thing,” said Japan’s “Heavenly Warrior,” the Emperor Temmu, in 684. Heavenly Warriors traces in detail the evolutionary development of weaponry, horsemanship, military organization, and tactics from Japan’s early conflicts with Korea up to the full-blown system of the samurai. Enhanced by illustrations and maps, and with a new preface by the author, this book will be indispensable for students of military history and Japanese political history.
HARVARD EAST ASIAN MONOGRAPHS


Harvard East Asian Monographs 157
Heavenly Warriors
The Evolution of Japan’s Military, 500–1300
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PAPERBACK
$27.95 • £24.95 • €25.95
ISBN 9780674387041
Publication Date: 04/15/1996
400 pages
6 x 9 inches
14 maps 14 b/w
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