CLASH OF CULTURES Q&A WITH JONATHAN CLEMENTS

Jonathan Clements is the author of A Brief History of Khubilai Khan and A Brief History of Japan. His upcoming book, Japan at War in the Pacific: The Rise and Fall of the Japanese Empire in Asia: 1868-1945, will cover the rise and fall of the Japanese empire as told through propaganda songs.

How well did the Mongols understand the samurai? And what did the samurai think of the Mongols?

Something that the Mongols never seemed to appreciate was the degree of medieval