shogun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6gSGm61HdE

really enjoyed reading this book around late 2004 or early 2005.... it's set in like 17th century japan with samarais and feudal society and such -- haven't seen the movie though

the story bases on an Englishman left washed up, high and dry in feudal japan --- interesting to think that catholic Jesuits from spain had already made contacts during these days with the emperor of china...... the Englishman in this story ends up making inroads into Japanese society........

soon we'll look at different war scenarios in the south china sea and how they would play out -- we'll have to do some research on that though, as, militarily, it's complicated - we'll also look at china's behaviour and motivations, etc