Bean's review
Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879
by Noel Perrin
Bean's review
Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879 by Noel Perrin
Bean's review
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I good, brief introduction to the prominence of the sword and its victory over the gun for so long. Makes me want to read an entire history of the country. But that will have to wait.
