Essay On Warfare

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Paul Varley's int. thoughts ...

 

http://publications.nichibun.ac.jp/region/d/NSH/series/symp/2007-06-00/s001/s009/pdf/article.pdf

 

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[Ken-Hawaii]

Interesting. Good find.

[Brian]

Oda Nobunaga,Guns, and Early Modern Warfare...
Interesting article, thanks for sharing.

[TETSUGENDO]

Good read. Appreciated.

[Viper6924]

Always interesting to read peoples opinion on the early use of firearms in Japan.

This one didn’t bring very much new to the table. But his scepticism to the importance placed on matchlocks very early on is somewhat refreshing.

This almost manic obsession from the West regarding volleys fired by matchlock-units is almost comical. Most Japanese scholars shake their heads in bemusement over this.

The construction of the matchlock pretty much negates any such deployment. Well, unless you bring a huge amount of matchlocks to a battlefield, which never happened until the 1580-90s.

I also noticed that most of the references is getting quite old. New research is needed to really understand 16th century warfare in Japan.

 

Jan