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Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1545-1879 by Noel Perrin

Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1545-1879

Noel Perrin

136 pages • paperback • 1979

4 editions

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This is a significant story, and Perrin tells it marvelously well, with rich detail, captivating quotations from observers of the time, both Japanese and Western, and a wealth of revealing comparisons with contemporary technology, warfare, and lif...

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