Stephen Turnbull

The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592-98 (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Dennis, Peter

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Stephen Turnbull, a renowned expert on the history of Japan, examines the samurai invasion of Korea, the first step in an ambitious Japanese plan to conquer China. Examining the various stages of the war, from the pitched battles of the early war years, to the great naval encounters, the dramatic sieges and the bitter trench warfare that characterized the end of the war, Turnbull provides a concise analysis of the conflict. Highly illustrated with contemporary photographs, full colour battlescene artwork, detailed maps and bird's-eye views, this is a concise history of a unique and exciting campaign, which not only involved huge numbers of men, differing terrain and tactics but was also the only time that the legendary samurai were pitched against a foreign nation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782007128
• Artikelnr.: 44626410

Autorenporträt

Stephen Turnbull is widely recognised as the world's leading English language authority on the samurai of Japan. He took his first degree at Cambridge and has two MAs (in Theology and Military History) and a PhD from Leeds University. He is now retired and pursues an active literary career, having now published 85 books. His expertise has helped with numerous projects including films, television and the award-winning strategy game Shogun Total War.

Inhaltsangabe

The strategic situation
Chronology
Opposing plans
Opposing commanders
Opposing forces
Blitzkrieg on Korea
The war at sea
The Korean guerrilla war
The Chinese liberation of Korea
The second invasion
Aftermath
The battlefields today
Further reading
Index