I'm not a military expert, so please excuse my ignorance.
As a Budoka and a 'survivor' I found the following documentary extremely relevant to the subject of Bushido. Please go to the second paragraph if you only have time for a quick browse.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/soldi...nce/about.html
If anyone else has seen it I'd be interested in your perspective.
Thanks,
js