Fighting Ships of the Far East (1) adds enormously to the hitherto small corpus of knowledge abou...
In 1543 three Portuguese merchants entered a turbulent Japan, bringing with them the first firear...
Each great samurai warlord, or daimyo, had a division of troops known as the Hatamoto, 'those who...
The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occas...
Feared throughout the Far East, Japanese pirates were likened to 'black demons' and 'flood dragon...
Towards the end of the 16th century three outstanding commanders brought Japan's century of civil...
The Ottoman Empire and its conflicts provide one of the longest continuous narratives in military...
From the 10th to the mid-17th century, religious organisations played an important part in the so...
The Ninja were the secret agents and assassins of feudal Japan and they remain a subject of endur...
The Samurai sword of Japan is probably the finest edged weapon ever made. This volume by leading ...
Reveals the history of the wall, and explores the myths that surround it. This book includes the ...
The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military arch...