A BRILLIANT BUT LITTLE-KNOWN OPERATION, THE SHIMAZU CLAN RAID ON THE INDEPENDENT KINGDOM OF RYKKYU (MODERN OKINAWA) IN 1609. STEPHEN TURNBULL GIVES A BLOW-BY-BLOW ACCOUNT OF THE OPERATION, FROM THE DARING SHIMAZU AMPHIBIOUS LANDING, TO THEIR RAPID ADVANCE OVERLAND, AND THE TACTICAL FEIGNED RETREAT THAT SAW THE SHIMAZU DEFEAT THE OKINAWAN ARMY AND KIDNAP THEIR KING IN SPECTACULAR FASHION.

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