Heavenly Warriors: The Evolution of Japan's Military, 500-1300 (Revised)

Contributor(s): Farris, William Wayne (Author)

ISBN: 9780674387041

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Binding Types:

Paperback

$33.00

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$45.95 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$44.75 (100+ copies: $44.00)

List/retail price:

$33.00

Pub Date: April 1, 1996

Dewey: 952

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Illustrated, Maps

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.21" H x 8.78" L x 5.89" W ( 1.60 lbs) 400 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Asia | Japan | Military | General

Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: 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.

Brief description: William Wayne Farris is Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Review Quotes: Farris advances our understanding of Japan's military enormously.-- "Journal of Asian Studies"

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