Sunday, February 26, 2017

The Gempei War 1180-85 - The Great Samurai Civil War, Stephen Turnbull.

The Gempei War 1180-85 - The Great Samurai Civil War, Stephen Turnbull. 
 Looks at the civil war between the Taira and Minamoto clans that saw the samurai replace the Imperial Court as the main source of power in Japan, and ended with the establishment of the Shogunate, the system of military rule that lasted for nearly seven hundred years. A fascinating account of this crucial conflict that helps make sense of a war that sometimes appears as a collection of unconnected battles involving a series of different commanders.
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