Tokugawa Ieyasu

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Turnbull, illustrated by Giuseppe Rava Klappentext Towards the end of the 16th century three outstanding commanders brought Japan's century of civil wars to an end, but it was Tokugawa Leyasu who was to ensure a lasting peace. In terms of his strategic and political achievements Leyasu ranks as Japan's greatest samurai commander. Leyasu possessed the rare wisdom of knowing who should be an ally and who was an enemy, a key skill for a successful military leader. Leyasu's crowning victory at Sekigahara depended on the defection to his side of Kobayakawa Hideaki, and the absence from the scene of Ieyasu's son Hidetada serves to illustrate how just once there was a failure in Ieyasu's otherwise classic strategic vision. To establish his family as the ruling clan in Japan for the next two and a half centuries was abundant proof of his true greatness.IA detailed study of the early campaigns of one of Japan's great commanders. Zusammenfassung A detailed study of the early campaigns of one of Japan's great commanders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Early years Military life Hour of destiny Opposing commanders Inside the mind When war is done A life in words Further reading Index

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Turnbull, Stephen (Author) Turnbull
• Assisted by: Giuseppe Rava (Illustration), Giuseppe (Illustrator) Rava (Illustration), Rava Giuseppe (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.06.2012
• EAN: 9781849085748
• ISBN: 978-1-84908-574-8
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 244 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Command; Command
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Japan, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Asia / Japan, Warfare & defence, Asian History, Warfare and defence, Biography: historical, political and military, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare)