The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China Review

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The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China ReviewI own this book as well as Turnbull's book "Samurai Invasions." Both Turnbull and Hawley do the best job they can in giving the account of the Imjin War, a war that was the closest thing to a world war in East Asia. Although the major participants were Korea, Japan and China, nations as far as Burma and Thailand sent small amounts of troops and the Spanish, through a shipwrecked treasure ship, unwittingly helped Japan finance the war. It also used weapons that were just as modern as the ones that were used in Europe (and then some), including match lock muskets, rockets and mortars and artillery. This war affected each nation in ways that still reverberate today, just as World War I and II affected Europe. It's a shame that it is so unknown in the Western world.
Turnbull had a wealth of Japanese sources and only access to Korean sources that were transalated into English. He also had a few academic papers at his disposal. Hawley on the other hand, had most of what Turnbull had available but also had the official histories of the Korean Joseon Dynasty available as well as a few Chinese sources. Neither of these scholars had all of the Chinese Ming sources available. That is what Swopes, an academic of Imperial Chinese Military history and one of the reviewers here, may have alluded to when he said that the book was not an athoritative source. In anycase, it's very well done and one can tell that Hawley painstakenly did a lot of work to get this book out.
However, one cannot stress that this war needs further research, given it's importance in East Asian history. Yet, Hawely's book is the best comprehensive source on this war in the English language by far.The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China Overview

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