Sengoku Jidai. Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Ieyasu

Three Unifiers of Japan

Paperback, 638 pages

Published Jan. 1, 2018 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.

ISBN:
978-1-9834-5020-4
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4 stars (1 review)

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4 stars

Wow, a long time between reviews for me. This book did take me a while to get through but there were also other distractions keeping me away from reading in the last month or so.
A strong 4 here as I pick up another history book to try and clear away some gaps in my knowledge. All I had for this period in Japanese history was references to it from 'Lone Wolf and Cub', not really a comprehensive understanding. This book fair delivered on that ambition.
I particularly enjoyed how clear eyed this book was about the people it was chronicling. These were vicious, thuggish warlords whose motivations were as much about their own aggrandizement as any lofty goals of national unity. The book never shied away from that or tried to 'redeem' them in any way. It also pointed out how adept these guys were at adopting new technology …