Samurai armies, 1467-1649. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Turnbull.
• Other Names: Turnbull, Stephen R
• Contents: Introduction: The historical context -- Kinsmen and vassals: Soldiers and fortune ; The creation of a kashindan ; The Hojo of Odawara ; The Ukita of Okayama ; Alliance by adoption and marriage -- The creation of samurai armies: From tax to troops ; The composition of armies ; The call to arms -- Command and control: The role of the bugyo ; The hatamoto -- On campaign: The campaign season and economic warfare ; The army on the march ; Battlefield formations ; Battlefield communications and intelligence ; Weaponry and the development of tactics -- Strategic engagement and battlefield movement: Surprise and ambush: Okehazama and Imayama ; Fighting by night: the three Japanese classics ; Firepower: the genius of Oda Nobunaga ; Rapid response: Toytomi Hideyoshi, 1582-83 ; Shock and awe: the conquests of Shikoku, 1578 and 1585 ; The false retreat and the Shimazu family -- Armies and battles of the Tokugawa shoguns: Young Ieyasu ; Mikata ga Hara, 1572 ; Komaki-Nagakute, 1584 ; From Odawara to Osaka ; The creation of the 'Japanese Army" -- Chronology.
• Publisher Details: Oxford New York : Osprey
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (96 pages), illustrations (some color), color maps
• Subjects: 355.0095209031; Warfare & defence; Samurai -- Japan -- History; Samurai; History -- Asia -- Japan; History -- Military -- Weapons; History -- Military -- General; History; Japan -- History, Military -- To 1868; Japan -- History -- Period of civil wars, 1480-1603; Japan; Electronic books; History; Military history
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1299594549; 9781299594548; 9781472800039; 1472800036
• Related ISBNs: 9781846033513; 1846033519; 9781846038174; 1846038170
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 94) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.