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Samurai Warrior Manual

Name: Samurai Warrior Manual
Brand: Haynes Publishing Group
SKU: 9781785215629
Price: 15.0 NZD
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By Chris McNab

Summary

The Samurai Warrior Manual by Chris McNab offers an engaging exploration of the life and training of the legendary samurai warriors of Japan. The book delves into their rigorous training, disciplined lifestyle, and the philosophy underpinning their martial tradition. Rich in historical detail, it provides insights into the armour, weapons, and strategies that defined these iconic figures.
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Samurai Warrior Manual

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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the rich history and intricate tactics of samurai warriors. It offers insights into their combat strategies, skills, and daily life, providing a detailed understanding of samurai military practices and cultural ethos. If you enjoy exploring historical military advancements and legendary warrior traditions, you'll likely find this narrative both engaging and informative.

Samurai Warrior Manual

This book explains every aspect of the samurai life, from their role as imperial palace guards through to the peak of their power and influence. It includes detail on their military training and fighting techniques, their literacy and artistic sensibilities, attitudes to women, ritual suicide, and much more.

Description

Emerging into history in the 8th century CE, the samurai evolved to become an aristocratic warrior elite that dominated Japanese warfare and society until the 1600s. They were renowned not only for their skills at arms, first with the bow then with the sword, but also for their adherence to strict martial and personal codes.

As much as they were brutal, merciless, and skilled in battle, they were also defined by ritual, etiquette, and education.

Samurai Warrior Manual by Chris McNab explains in detail every aspect of samurai experience, from their origins as imperial palace guards in the 8th century through to the peak of their influence in the 12th–16th centuries.

Building on this history, the book works through the full spectrum of samurai life, their military training and battle skills, their aspirations to literacy and artistic sensibility, their relationships to women, the practice of seppuku (ritual suicide), and much more.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785215629

Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 June 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: J H Haynes & Co Ltd

Illustration: 250

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 270.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 160

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About the Author

Author Chris McNab specializes in military history and military technology. To date he has published more than 40 books, including A History of the World in 100 Weapons (2011), Deadly Force (2009), The Roman Army: The Greatest War Machine of the Ancient World (2012), and The Soldier (2016). He has also written extensively for major encyclopedia series, magazines and newspapers, and he lives in South Wales, UK.