Samurai To Soldier

Author : D. Colin Jaundrill
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501706098
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai to Soldier written by D. Colin Jaundrill and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-09 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Samurai to Soldier, D. Colin Jaundrill rewrites the military history of nineteenth-century Japan. In fifty years spanning the collapse of the Tokugawa shogunate and the rise of the Meiji nation-state, conscripts supplanted warriors as Japan’s principal arms-bearers. The most common version of this story suggests that the Meiji institution of compulsory military service was the foundation of Japan’s efforts to save itself from the imperial ambitions of the West and set the country on the path to great power status. Jaundrill argues, to the contrary, that the conscript army of the Meiji period was the culmination—and not the beginning—of a long process of experimentation with military organization and technology. Jaundrill traces the radical changes to Japanese military institutions, as well as the on-field consequences of military reforms in his accounts of the Boshin War (1868–1869) and the Satsuma Rebellions of 1877. He shows how pre-1868 developments laid the foundations for the army that would secure Japan’s Asian empire.

Author : Meirion Harries
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0679753036
Total Pages : 605 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldiers of the Sun written by Meirion Harries and published by Random House. This book was released on 1994-07-05 with total page 605 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soldiers of the Sun traces the origins of the Imperial Japanese Army back to its samurai roots in the nineteenth century to tell the story of the rise and fall of this extraordinary military force. Meirion and Susie Harries have written the first full Western account of the Imperial Japanese Army. Drawing on Japanese, English, French, and American sources, the authors penetrate the lingering wartime enmity and propaganda to lay bare the true character of the Imperial Army.

Author : Barbara A. Somervill
Publisher : Lucent Press
ISBN 13 : 9781420500301
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Samurai, Shoguns, and Soldiers written by Barbara A. Somervill and published by Lucent Press. This book was released on 2007-12-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the roots of Japanese militarism leading to World War II.

Author : Stephen Turnbull
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147281374X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Samurai written by Stephen Turnbull and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and lavishly illustrated guide to the world of the Samurai warrior, delving into the history of their campaigning, their arms and armour, as well as their day-to-day lives and their warrior ethos. The world of the samurai, the legendary elite warrior cult of old Japan, has for too long been associated solely with military history and has largely remained a mystery. In this exciting book, Stephen Turnbull, the world's leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were. The world of the samurai warrior is revealed to be one of great richness, with familiar topics such as the cult of suicide, ritualised revenge and the lore of the samurai sword being seen in the context of an all-encompassing warrior culture that was expressed through art and poetry as much as through violence.

Author : E. Herbert Norman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldier and Peasant in Japan written by E. Herbert Norman and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edward J. Drea
Publisher : University Press of Kansas
ISBN 13 : 0700622349
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Japan's Imperial Army written by Edward J. Drea and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular impressions of the imperial Japanese army still promote images of suicidal banzai charges and fanatical leaders blindly devoted to their emperor. Edward Drea looks well past those stereotypes to unfold the more complex story of how that army came to power and extended its influence at home and abroad to become one of the world's dominant fighting forces. This first comprehensive English-language history of the Japanese army traces its origins, evolution, and impact as an engine of the country's regional and global ambitions and as a catalyst for the militarization of the Japanese homeland from mid-nineteenth-century incursions through the end of World War II. Demonstrating his mastery of Japanese-language sources, Drea explains how the Japanese style of warfare, burnished by samurai legends, shaped the army, narrowed its options, influenced its decisions, and made it the institution that conquered most of Asia. He also tells how the army's intellectual foundations shifted as it reinvented itself to fulfill the changing imperatives of Japanese society-and how the army in turn decisively shaped the nation's political, social, cultural, and strategic course. Drea recounts how Japan devoted an inordinate amount of its treasury toward modernizing, professionalizing, and training its army-which grew larger, more powerful, and politically more influential with each passing decade. Along the way, it produced an efficient military schooling system, a well-organized active duty and reserve force, a professional officer corps that thought in terms of regional threat, and well-trained soldiers armed with appropriate weapons. Encompassing doctrine, strategy, weaponry, and civil-military relations, Drea's expert study also captures the dominant personalities who shaped the imperial army, from Yamagata Aritomo, an incisive geopolitical strategist, to Anami Korechika, who exhorted the troops to fight to the death during the final days of World War II. Summing up, Drea also suggests that an army that places itself above its nation's interests is doomed to failure.

Author : John T. Kuehn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440803943
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Military History of Japan written by John T. Kuehn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume traces the evolution of Japanese military history—from 300 AD to present day foreign relations—and reveals how the country's cultural views of power, violence, and politics helped shape Japan's long and turbulent history of war. The legacy of Japanese warfare is steeped in honor, duty, and valor. Yet, some of the more violent episodes in this country's military history have tainted foreign attitudes toward Japan, oftentimes threatening the economic stability of the Pacific region. This book documents Japan's long and stormy history of war and military action, provides a thorough analysis of the social and political changes that have contributed to the evolution of Japan's foreign policy and security decisions, and reveals the truth behind the common myths and misconceptions of this nation's iconic war symbols and events, including samurais, warlords, and kamikaze attacks. Written by an author with military experience and insight into modern-day Japanese culture gained from living in Japan, A Military History of Japan: From the Age of the Samurai to the 21st Century examines how Japan's history of having warrior-based leaderships, imperialist governments, and dictators has shaped the country's concepts of war. It provides a complete military history of Japan—from the beginning of the Imperial institution to the post-Cold War era—in a single volume. This thoughtful resource also contains photos, maps, and a glossary of key Japanese terms to support learning.

Author : Kazuo Tamayama
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304359783
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tales by Japanese Soldiers of the Burma Campaign, 1942-1945 written by Kazuo Tamayama and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...consists of recollections by Japanese survivors of this terrible campaign, who describe instances of poignant sacrifice, heroism, and occasional compassion shown toward the enemy on both sides....full of imagery and information on the Burma Theater and is recommended, especially for the military historian."--Library Journal.

Author : American Mishima
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781500183059
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Soldier and the Samurai written by American Mishima and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-06-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Elite Corps of Samurai known as the Shinsengumi were driven from their base in Kyoto, they were branded Imperial Rebels. Of their 300 members, few survived. Of its three famous surviving Captains, no one knows for certain what became of 10th Unit Captain Harada Sanosuke. Based on a real life 1965 rumor that surfaced in Japanese newspapers, The Soldier and the Samurai is a tale of gratitude and redemption that tells the story of a mysterious old man who claimed to be the famous lost Samurai who surfaced in Manchuria saving the lives of three Japanese Soldiers during the first Sino-Japan War before disappearing again. It will be up to Nishida Keisuke to solve the mystery of the elderly Japanese man's identity who saved him and that of a mysterious inscription written on the back of a Tanto knife that will alter the course of his life and that of the Nishida family for generations to come!

Author : Robert Breitenfeld
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480955183
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Samurai and the Soldier written by Robert Breitenfeld and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-10 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Samurai and the Soldier By: Robert Breitenfeld Haunting tale of two warrior brothers whose fate it is throughout time to engage each other on opposite sides in battle. This time they meet on the terrible air and sea battlefields of World War II’s Pacific theater. Each is an ace pilot—one for the Allies, another for Japan. And each, though full of high regard and affection for his brother, must, nevertheless, lock arms in conflict. Woven throughout this moving and powerful story is a meticulously researched account of the course of the War in the Pacific. The Samurai and the Soldier, a double bull’s eye for the lucky reader!