{"product_id":"samurai-warfare-and-the-state-karl-f-friday-9780415329637","title":"Samurai, Warfare and the State in Early Medieval Japan","description":"\u003cp\u003eKarl Friday, an internationally recognised authority on Japanese warriors, provides the first comprehensive study of the topic to be published in English. This work incorporates nearly twenty years of on-going research and draws on both new readings of primary sources and the most recent secondary scholarship. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt overturns many of the stereotypes that have dominated views of the period. Friday analyzes Heian -, Kamakura- and Nambokucho-period warfare from five thematic angles. He examines the principles that justified armed conflict, the mechanisms used to raise and deploy armed forces, the weapons available to early medieval warriors, the means by which they obtained them, and the techniques and customs of battle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA thorough, accessible and informative review, this study highlights the complex casual relationships among the structures and sources of early medieval political power, technology, and the conduct of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karl F. Friday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415329639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415329637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.87lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.24w x 0.56d","brand":"Karl F. Friday","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43946599907583,"sku":"9780415329637","price":56.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f3bc5ddc-8868-4e47-910b-f17721f641ec.jpg?v=1681514062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/samurai-warfare-and-the-state-karl-f-friday-9780415329637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}