Giving Up the Gun
Giving Up the Gun
Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1545-1879
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92nd book for me on Mustich's list.
This is a short treatise on how and why Japan gave up the use of firearms for over 300 years. I had no idea they as a nation had done that and knew almost nothing about Japan during that period, so this was an interesting and insightful read.