Tenka Jin No Gunji Kakushin (Shodensha Shinsho)

[Machine Translation] During the Warring States period, when the warlords were divided into groups, Nobunaga Oda, Hideyoshi Toyotomi, and Ieyasu Tokugawa succeeded in unifying the nation by defeating a host of rival warlords. How did these warlords achieve military and political victory? This book approaches the essence of war and governance by revealing the military innovations achieved by these three men. Specifically, the innovations of Oda's army, what was more noteworthy than guns at the Battle of Nagashino, the system that enabled Hideyoshi's strange plans and large army movements, why Hideyoshi valued deskilling, what generals tormented Ieyasu to the point of reducing his sexual desire, Ieyasu's plan to defend the shogunate.... Etc. How did the Sengoku period develop and end? Here are the answers.

群雄割拠の戦国時代、並み居る武将たちを従え、天下統一を成し遂げた織田信長、豊臣秀吉、徳川家康。彼ら天下人は、いかにして軍事的・政治的勝利を収めるに至ったのか。本書は、三人が成し遂げた軍事革新を明らかにして、戦争と統治の本質に迫るものである。具体的には、織田軍の革新性、長篠の戦いで鉄砲よりも注目すべきこと、秀吉の奇策や大軍移動を可能にしたシステム、なぜ秀吉はデスクワークを重んじたのか、家康の性欲を減退させるほど苦しめた武将とは、家康の幕府防衛構想...など。戦国時代はどのように推移し、終焉したのか。その答えがここにある。