The landscape of 16th- and 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful ‘daimyo’ of the period.
Authored by an expert on Southeast Asian history, an illustrated addition to the hitherto small corpus of knowledge about a fascinating and little known subject.
This book details the design and use of the wide range of weaponry used by East Asian armies during this period, including exploding missiles and siege cannons.
This book reveals the diversity of tactics that were developed to meet the challenges of fortress types in medieval China, Mongolia, Japan and Korea.
The Sengoku The Jidai, 'Age of Warring States', is the age of the samurai - the military aristocracy of Japan. This title examines the complicated nature of family and clan that... Læs mere
This work examines the Hussites as followers of Jan Hus, a reforming preacher who anticipated the Protestant Reformation in attacking the corruption and repression of the Church.