Ninja (Paperback)

The Ninjas today are the stuff of myth and legend in comics, film and electronic games. But once they were real, the medieval equivalent of the SAS: spies, saboteurs, assassins. In their secrecy, under-cover skills and determination to survive, they were the opposite of the overt, self destructive samurai. Could they fly? Make themselves invisible? Of course not.It was just that their skills gave them a magical aura. As a result, martial artists and story-tellers have turned them into fantasy creatures, from James Bond to Mutant Turtles. In Ninja John Man goes in search of the truth. In a journey to the heartland of the ninjas, he takes us from their origins over 1,000 years ago, through their heyday in the civil wars that ended with Japan's unification in 1600. But that was not the end of the ninja ethos. That re-emerged in World War Two as a little-known counterpart to Japanese militarism. Ninja ways live on in the real 'last of the ninjas', Hiroo Onoda, who held out in the Philippine jungle for 30 years.

General

Imprint:	Corgi Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2013
Authors:	John Man
Dimensions:	198 x 127 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-552-16534-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Combat sports & self-defence > Oriental martial arts > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General
LSN:	0-552-16534-4
Barcode:	9780552165341

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