 The Last Samurai: The Life and Battles of Saigo Takamori
ISBN: 978-0-471-08970-4
Hardcover
288 pages
November 2003
US $32.50
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NOTE TO THE READER.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
1. “POWERFULLY SENTIMENTAL”
Saigo’s Early Years in Satsuma.
2. “A MAN OF EXCEPTIONAL FIDELITY”
Saigo and National Politics.
3. “BONES IN THE EARTH”
Exile and Ignominy.
4. “ TO SHOULDER THE BURDENS OF THE REALM”
The Destruction of the Shogunate.
5. “ TO TEAR ASUNDER THE CLOUDS”
Saigo and the Meiji State.
6. “THE BURDEN OF DEATH IS LIGHT”
Saigo and the War of the Southwest.
NOTES.
BIBLIOGRAPHY.
SOURCES.
INDEX.
