TY - BOOK ID - 78139809 TI - Samurai, warfare & the state in early medieval Japan PY - 2004 SN - 1283882590 1134330235 0415329620 1280057734 0203392167 9780203392164 9780415329620 0415329639 9780415329637 9781857287479 1857287479 9781857287486 1857287487 9786610057733 6610057737 1857287479 1857287487 9781283882590 9781134330232 9781280057731 9781134330188 9781134330225 1134330227 PB - New York, NY Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Samurai KW - History. KW - Japan KW - History, Military KW - J4880.40 KW - J4600.40 KW - J4202.10 KW - J3340 KW - History KW - Japan: Defense and military -- history -- Kamakura period, Yoshino (1185-1392) and Chūsei in general (1185-1600) KW - Japan: Politics and law -- history -- Kamakura period, Yoshino (1185-1392) and Chūsei in general (1185-1600) KW - Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- social classes and groups -- samurai, bushi KW - Japan: History -- Chūsei (1185-1600), Kamakura, Muromachi and Momoyama periods UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139809 AB - "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." "A thorough, accessible and informative review, this study highlights the complex causal relationships among the structures and sources of early medieval political power, technology and the conduct of war."--Jacket. ER -