Samurai: The Japanese Warrior's Manual

by Stephen Turnbull

192 pages, Paperback

Published May 12, 2026

About the author

Stephen Richard Turnbull is British a historian specializing in eastern military history, especially the samurai of Japan. His books are mainly on Japanese and Mongolian subjects. He attended Cambridge University where he gained his first degree. He currently holds an MA in Theology, MA in Military History and a PhD from the University of Leeds where he is currently a lecturer in Far Eastern Religions. He has also written a number of books on other medieval topics. He is semi-retired but still holds the post of Visiting Professor of Japanese Studies at Akita International University in Japan.

Reviews

[Alicia Verstraeten]

nice to know. but also discovered that i dont care much for Samurai 😅

[James]

A fun quick read. Written in an interesting way and managed to learn a few new things. I really enjoyed this.