{"product_id":"samurai-history-david-a-griner-9798189907708","title":"Samurai History: Bushido, Battles, and the Warrior Code That Shaped Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey didn't start as heroes. They started as tax collectors nobody in the capital wanted to deal with.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew people know that the samurai, the warriors history remembers as masters of discipline and honor, were born out of a government's neglect rather than any noble design. What began as a practical solution to an abandoned countryside grew into a thousand-year saga of war, betrayal, reinvention, and survival unlike anything else in world history.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe hidden truth behind the legend\u003c\/b\u003e is far stranger, and far more human, than the myth. This book pulls back the curtain on the real story: the frontier wars that forged their fighting style, the accidental victories that changed the course of empires, the peace that quietly stripped warriors of their purpose long before any battle ever did, and the government that finally dismantled everything they had built in barely a decade.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat you're about to discover will change how you see\u003c\/i\u003e bushido itself. The code most people associate with the samurai wasn't ancient at all. It was rebuilt generations after real samurai had stopped existing as fighters, repurposed to serve a nation's ambitions, sometimes for progress, and sometimes for war. Separating what actually happened from what later generations needed it to mean is exactly what this book sets out to do.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy this book matters: \u003c\/b\u003e because the samurai's story isn't really about swords. It's about how power is built, how it's lost, and how people rebuild their identity when the world stops needing what they were made for.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat you'll gain: \u003c\/b\u003e a clear, fact-grounded journey through the Genpei War, the Mongol invasions, the age of the warring states, the rigid peace of the Edo period, and the fall of the shogunate, told with narrative pull and zero dry textbook filler.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho this is for: \u003c\/b\u003e history lovers, martial arts practitioners, fans of Japanese culture, and anyone who has ever wondered whether the legend they grew up with was actually true.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen it matters most: \u003c\/b\u003e right now, as the line between historical fact and popular myth grows blurrier by the year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReady to meet the samurai the movies never showed you? \u003cb\u003eGet your copy today and start the journey.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David A. Griner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798189907708\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d","brand":"David A. Griner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49084368355583,"sku":"9798189907708","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/samurai-history-david-a-griner-9798189907708","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}