SAMURAI ARMIES OF THE LATE SENGOKU PERIOD - VOLUME I: Anatomy of a Samurai Army in the 16th and 17th Centuries

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Details samurai army composition, hierarchies, strengths, and weaknesses as well as examining how it fought. Other aspects include: the differences between samurai and European warfare; the roles assigned to samurai and ashigaru in different armies; how these armies, some of which were over 100,000 strong, functioned; marching orders and camp facilities of the armies and; where each individual samurai stood in the order of battle. Includes more than 75 illustrations, including 20 computer graphics and two full-page and two double-page drawings.