The Ways of the Samurai: From Ronins to Ninjas, the Fiercest Warriors in Japan

For more than 700 years Japan was dominated by a military caste-the samurai. To the Western mind these fearsome warriors-samurai, the masterless ronin, and the assassin ninja-have always been a source of mystery and wonder, combining the idealism of chivalry with military fanaticism. THE WAYS OF THE SAMURAI digs beneath the myth and reveals a truth even more amazing about the men who practiced a discipline drawn from Zen and Confucian ethics-bushido, the way of the warrior.Gaskin, Carol is the author of 'The Ways of the Samurai: From Ronins to Ninjas, the Fiercest Warriors in Japan', published 2005 under ISBN 9781596870802 and ISBN 159687080X.