The Lost Samurai: Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593-1688, Hardcover - Stephen Turnbull

The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan's legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundred years Japanese samurai we...

DescriptionFeaturing full-color artwork and expert analysis, this book assesses the status and abilities of two groups of warriors who fought one a...

Featuring specially commissioned artwork, this lively study assesses the array of weapons and equipment employed by the samurai, Japan's legendary ...

An illustrated account of The Gempei War - a conflict that defined the age and the ethos of the samurai. It examines the events of the five-year lo...

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DescriptionAlthough the Japanese empire rapidly dissolved following the end of World War II, the memories, mourning, and trauma of the nation's imp...

Reducere. During the period of national isolation, a mathematical tradition called wasan flourished in Japan. Though virtually unknown to Europeans before th...

Publisher: Association for Asian StudiesAuthor(s): Alisa FreedmanNumber of pages: 168Collection: Asia ShortsPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 152 x...

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Enjoy the beautiful curated photographs (in color) of Tokyo in JapanThe photos captures the quintessential stunning landmarks, scenery and architec...

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Explore the fascinating history of south-east Asia A Short History of South-East Asia, Sixth Edition is the latest in a series of updated texts spo...

This book is the first comparative study of media technologies in Japan and the two Koreas which illuminates the peculiar geopolitical relations be...

With more than 200 spectacular photographs in a handy pocket format, Thailand is a stunning collection of images celebrating one of the most exciti...

Publisher: Prospect BooksAuthor(s): Alan DavidsonIllustration(s): 100 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 248 x ...

DescriptionEastern Asia is blessed with rich and spectacular birds, and all 520 regularly occurring species are featured in this spectacular and la...

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The turn of the century has been a moment of rapid urbanization. Much of this urban growth is taking place in the cities of the developing world an...

See the dawn of modern Japan through the lens of the power players who helped shape it -- as well as those who fought against it -- in this explora...

DescriptionNinjas--Japan's famous black-clad spies, saboteurs, and undercover fighters, equipped with superb martial arts skills and an uncanny apt...

Reducere. This collection studies Asia as a second front in the Cold War, examining U.S.-Soviet rivalry in terms of the foreign policies of China, Japan, Nor...

A paradigm-shifting history that reveals how the early Christian churches in the East helped to shape the Asia and the Christianity we know todayPu...

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Publisher: UnboundNumber of pages: 124Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Zahed SultanRedesc...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Stephen JohnsonIllustration(s): chiefly IllustrationsNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2008Dimensions: ...

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Offers a look at how nature has been culturally constructed in South and Southeast Asia. This book looks at how social and natural landscapes are c...

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Contributor(s): Author: Richard J. SamuelsFor the past sixty years, the U.S. government has assumed that Japan's security policies would reinforce ...

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Available for the first time in English, this book is both an illustrated samurai arts manual and a groundbreaking historical account of the teachi...

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An Authoritative study which explores how after years of fighting each other for South Asia, Russia and Britain started to lose their influence in ...

In the early 80s, 20 West Indian cricketers were paid more than $100, 000 each to take part in rebel tours of apartheid South Africa. When they ret...

Stephen Philip Cohen, the scholar who virtually created the field of South Asian security studies, has curated a unique collection of the most inte...

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