The Battle of Sekigahara: The Decisive Struggle for Japan

By Jack Whitaker

In The Battle of Sekigahara: The Decisive Struggle for Japan, Jack Whitaker tells the dramatic story of the 1600 clash that ended a century of civil war and shaped the destiny of a nation. On a fog-shrouded plain in central Japan, two great coalitions, the Eastern Army of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the Western Army of Ishida Mitsunari, met in a single day of ferocious combat that would decide who would rule the islands for generations to come.

Through vivid accounts of strategy, betrayal, and courage, Whitaker traces the final act of the Sengoku, the "Age of the Warring States." As armies maneuvered through the valleys of Mino and Omi, rival daimyo weighed ambition against loyalty, and the fate of the Toyotomi heir hung in the balance. When the fog lifted over Sekigahara, the old order was gone and a new one, the Tokugawa shogunate, was born.

From the rise of Tokugawa Ieyasu and the fall of Toyotomi power to the pivotal betrayal of Kobayakawa Hideaki and the slaughter that followed, Whitaker captures the chaos and consequence of the battle that united Japan. More than a military history, this is the story of a nation's transformation, showing how peace emerged from turmoil and how one man's vision turned centuries of conflict into two hundred and fifty years of order.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GMRVWKRB
• ISBN13: 9798247702955
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"