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All of it ending with the famed especially to viewers of the film kwaidan sea battle of dannoura which ended imperial rule in j... Read More
One is also surprised by the tendency of samurai to panic and run during some of these battles when they have a reputation otherwise
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A welldone and effective introduction for the nonspecialist like myself to the events and personalities of the gempei war
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- This product had a total of 48 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jun 25 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If im paying that much money the book should be at least double this size
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All of it ending with the famed especially to viewers of the film kwaidan sea battle of dannoura which ended imperial rule in japan until the meiji restoration
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This book adds another title to ospreys growing campaign series
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In this osprey campaign book steven turnbull gives us a lucid overview of the gempei war wherein the minamoto clan ushers in centuries of shogun rule in medieval japan
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One of the few western experts on the samurai and japan in this time period turnbull is able to give the reader a factual chronicle of this war
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Its interesting that this war was begun because the taira clan controlled the emperor and often forced emperors to step down in favor of one more complaint to their desires
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One is struck by the military incompetence of the taira coalition
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The only thing i didnt like was the way the author presented japanese names to us
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