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Adres wydawniczy

New York, NY : William Morrow, c2014.

Opis fizyczny

vi, 288 pages : maps ; 21 cm.

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Wariant tytułu

Ninja, one thousand years of the shadow warrior.

Uwagi

"A New History" on front cover

Originally published in slightly different form in the UK by Transworld Publishers, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-278) and index.

Introduction: Ghosts of the shadow warriors -- Origins -- How to be a shadow warrior/1: Mind and spirit -- Anti-ninja: The samurai -- How to be a shadow warrior/2: Deception -- and charm -- A world of violence and undercover ops -- How to be a shadow warrior/3: Magic -- Building the ninja heartland -- The rise of the conqueror -- The calm before the storm -- The end of the old ninjas -- Nobunaga's end, Ieyasu's rise -- The final battles -- Shadows in retreat -- The Nakano spy school -- To Japan, with love -- The last of the ninjas.

Blends mythology and anthropology to trace the history of the warriors with extraordinary skills in combat, climbing, deception, disguise, and camouflage from their first appearance in feudal Japan to the present.

Temat

Ninja -- History.

Ninjutsu -- History.

ISBN

9780062202659

0062202650