The ancient warrior culture of Japan produced a sophisticated martial philosophy that we know today as Bushido—the Way of the Warrior. In <i>Samurai Wisdom</i>, author Thomas Clearly provides five important new translations of major Japanese works on Bushido.<br><br>The writings of the scholar Yamaga Soko and his disciples are among the clearest expositions we have of the core ideals and philosophy underlying th ...
Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu . Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido , the Japanese Way of the Warrior. Bushido has played a major role in shaping the behavior of modern Japanese government, corporations, society, and individuals, as well as in shaping modern Japanese martial arts with ...
Pakistan is at a crossroads. While the threat from al-Qaeda has been diminished, militancy is still a critical, evolving, and growing threat. Pakistan lags behind most of its neighbors in many economic and human development indicators, while its democratic institutions are undercut by recurring civil-military crises and its political class is mired in a paralyzing fight that has crippled its legitimacy and its ability to govern. All of these iss ...
Have you ever boarded a plane? It has the technology to take you up the sky but do you really understand how it works? Now is your chance to learn more about the workings of airplanes. This is a book that will definitely attract little learners. The information has been carefully chosen and presented in a highly interactive way. Go ahead and grab a copy today. ...
“A magnificent treatise. Belongs in the pantheon of great books about good vs. evil.” —David Kahn, US chief instructor, Israeli Krav Maga Assoc., author “Compels the reader to believe that the warrior spirit is indomitable and thus remains undaunted.” —Robert Dreeben, twenty-seven-year veteran, NYPD “Raises provocative questions and answers them with depth and boldness.” —Detective Anthony Amoroso NYC regional director, New York Tactica ...
Can children fly an airplane? Yes, you can! Consider this educational resource as your guide to piloting your first plane! Complete with flying basics, this book is worth a peek. The inclusion of carefully chosen texts and pictures will make learning with this book so much fun. Grab a copy today! ...
More than seventy years ago, American forces exploded the first atomic bombs over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, causing great physical and human destruction. The young scientists at Los Alamos who developed the bombs, which were nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man, were introduced to the basic principles and goals of the project in March 1943, at a crash course in new weapons technology. The lecturer was physicist Robert Serber, J. ...
Genocide involves significant death and trauma. Yet the enormous scope of genocide comes into view when one looks at the factors that lead to mass killing, the struggle for survival during genocide, and the ways survivors reconstruct their lives after the violence ends. Over a one hundred day period in 1994, the country of Rwanda saw the genocidal slaughter of at least 800,000 Tutsi at the hands of members of the Hutu majority government. This b ...
The ancient Greeks were for the most part a rural, not an urban, society. And for much of the Classical period, war was more common than peace. Almost all accounts of ancient history assume that farming and fighting were critical events in the lives of the citizenry. Yet never before have we had a comprehensive modern study of the relationship between agriculture and warfare in the Greek world. In this completely revised edition of <i>Warf ...
