The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592–98

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The Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592–98 by Turnbull, Stephen; Dennis, Peter, 9781846032547
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  • ISBN: 9781846032547 | 1846032547
  • Cover: Paperback
  • Copyright: 7/22/2008

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The invasions of Korea launched by the dictator Toyotomi Hideyoshi are unique in Japanese history for being the only time that the samurai assaulted a foreign country. Hideyoshi planned to invade and conquer China, ruled at the time by the Ming dynasty, and when the Korean court refused to allow his troops to cross their country, Korea became the first step in this ambitious plan of conquest. Though ultimately ending in failure and retreat, the Japanese armies initially drove the Koreans all the way to China before the decisive victories of Admiral Yi Sunsin and the Korean navy disrupted the Japanese supply routes whilst Chinese armies harried them by land. This book describes the region's first 'world war' that caused a degree of devastation in Korea itself that was unmatched until the Korean War of the 1950s. Book jacket.
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