(Friday Night History) #145: Spotlight on Sources, Part 3: “French Officers in the End of the Shogunate and the Boshin War,” by Emmy Faubry

Every now and then, there are books in the historiography that aren’t that great, but you have to talk about. This is one of them. French Officers in the End of the Shogunate and the Boshin War (1867-1869), by Emmy Faubry, should by rights be an important contribution to anglophone scholarship. A translation of L’engagement … Continue reading (Friday Night History) #145: Spotlight on Sources, Part…