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4.0 AVERAGE
4.0 AVERAGE
This book took me a while to finish for a sheer amount of data in it.
Author clearly gives an overview of the Japanese military culture, heroes, warrior virtues and values as presented in the Japanese war tales - art-form that began as actual historical recording but after a while became a tradition folk tale in which majority of historical facts got clouded and lost.
And this is where book is excellent - in each chapter author gives actual historical facts and then tells the story from the point of view of the war-tales. This contrast is excellently presented and truly gives an insight into martial culture that gave birth to Japanese warrior caste as it is known today (I especially liked move from "noble" conflicts in the beginning (older war-tales) to almost absolute warfare of last additions to war-tales).
Highly recommended to all fans of military history and Japanese military history in particular.
Author clearly gives an overview of the Japanese military culture, heroes, warrior virtues and values as presented in the Japanese war tales - art-form that began as actual historical recording but after a while became a tradition folk tale in which majority of historical facts got clouded and lost.
And this is where book is excellent - in each chapter author gives actual historical facts and then tells the story from the point of view of the war-tales. This contrast is excellently presented and truly gives an insight into martial culture that gave birth to Japanese warrior caste as it is known today (I especially liked move from "noble" conflicts in the beginning (older war-tales) to almost absolute warfare of last additions to war-tales).
Highly recommended to all fans of military history and Japanese military history in particular.